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| Record Name(s) | Joa-Walton Occurrence - 1988, Hays Lake Western Extension - 9999, Derraugh-Jeddar Western Extension - 9999, #2, #3 and #4 Veins - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1997-Feb-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Priske
Latitude: 48° 48' 51.44" Longitude: -87° 10' 2.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 487721.72 Northing: 5406824.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SE
Point Location Description: Stripped areas
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The Joa-Walton occurrence is located in Priske Township, on the northeast shoreline of Hays Lake, approximately 9km east of Schreiber. Access to the claim can be gained from the Hays Lake Road, which departs from the Trans- Canada Highway 17 approximately 4 kilometers east of Schreiber. The Hays Lake Road extends east for 2 kilometers to the south shore of Hays Lake. Access to the occurence can be gained by boat from Hays Lake.Access to Hays Lake may be gained via a bush road that extends east from Highway 17, 2 km to the southwest corner and shore of Hays Lake. The occurrence is only accessible by water. A boat will allow access to the showing 2 km across Hays Lake.
1988: Prospectors M. Joa and R. Walton followed up on recommendations from the Schreiber Hemlo Resident Geologist's Program and discovered auriferous quartz veins. Joa and Walton conducted an extensive stripping and sampling program. 1989: M. Joa contracted radiometric, magnetic, and VLF-EM surveys. 1990: The property was optioned by Bond Gold Canada Ltd., who carried out geological, HLEM, magnetometer, humus, stripping, prospecting and lithogeochemical surveys. 1991-1993: Minor prospecting and sampling as well as several property visits by exploration personnel. 1995: An airborne geophysical survey was flown by RJK Exploration Ltd. 1995: The property was optioned to RJK Exploration Ltd. who carried out line cutting, stripping, and sampling. is scheduled for the fall of 1995. 1996: R. Walton carried out sampling. 2015: Strike Minerals Inc. completed a sampling program to see if additional auriferous veins could be discovered.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.56426 | 20000014538 | 20000014538 |
| 2.13475 | 42D14SE0005 | 42D14SE0005 |
| 2.13961 | 42D14SE0044 | 42D14SE0044 |
| 63.5607 | 42D14SE0049 | 42D14SE0049 |
| OP91-500 | 42D14SE0007 | 42D14SE0007 |
| W9640.00567 | 42D14SE0059 | 42D14SE0059 |
| W9640.00372 | 42D14SE0031 | 42D14SE0031 |
| 2.13963 | 42D14SE0004 | 42D14SE0004 |
| 63.5630 | 42D14SE0051 | 42D14SE0051 |
| 2.13962 | 42D14SE0003 | 42D14SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Schnieders and Smyk (1989) describe the Joa Walton occurrence as: The property is underlain by mafic metavolcanic rocks, mainly massive to pillowed flows and tuffs. Oxide and sulphide facies banded iron formation and chert are intercalated with the flows and tuffs. Feldspar porphyry and quartz porphyry stocks and dikes intrude these rocks. The northern margin of the Terrace Bay batholith lies approximately 500 m (1640 feet) south of this occurrence. The pillowed metavolcanic flows display evidence of tight isoclinal folding, and a well developed cleavage is present. Quartz veins up to 25 cm (10 inches) in width are present near the contact between mafic metavolcanic rocks and quartz feldspar porphyry. The quartz feldspar porphyry is a good indicator of gold mineralization in the Schreiber area. The veins occupy shear zones that locally occur at the metavolcanic porphyry contact. However, they may strike obliquely to the contacts, into the mafic metavolcanic rocks or porphyry. Three separate vein occurrences (No.1,2,3) with a combined strike length of up to 120 m (400 feet) were investigated. The veins have a 'Z' asymmetry and appear to represent en echelon, lenticular veins which strike 250-280 degrees and dip 60-80 degrees north. The veins display a cockscomb or zipper texture, and contain brecciated fragments of the metavolcanic host rocks. Up to 3 veins have since been discovered on the Joa Walton property. The #1 Vein represents the main Joa Walton vein at the porphyry metavolcanic contact, and is exposed for approximately 75 m. Vein #2 is located 30 m southeast of the #1 Vein and is hosted by mafic metavolcanic rocks. Vein #2 varies in width from 5 to 37.5 cm and strikes between 46-59 degrees. Vein #3 likely represents an extension to the #2 Vein, and is located approximately 15 m E-SE. A silicified, carbonate rich mafic metavolcanic hosts a quartz-carbonate vein (#4 Vein) approximately 20 m south of the #1 vein.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Pillowed Flows And Tuffs | Near |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Host | ||
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 5 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Peterson (1992) described dioritic feldspar porphyry dikes as well as quartz and/or feldspar porphyry dikes, of both granodioritic and tonalitic affinities. The dikes were considered genetically related to the Terrace Bay Batholith.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Telluride | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Peterson (1992) noted that the gold mineralization was not restricted to the network of quartz veins, but was also present in selected samples of QFP without quartz veins, up to 6360 ppb Au. Peterson also noted that the gold is associated with silver, lead, bismuth and mercury. The high lead Peterson suggest may indicate a igneous source of the mineralization. Peterson (1992) also noted a >5 mile trend of the numerous small scale past producers and gold mineralization. Samples taken by Resident Geologist personnel returned values including the following: 1.36 oz/ton Au and 2.72 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (bull-white quartz with galena). 0.79 oz/ton Au and 1.23 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (6 cm wide, with coarse py). 1.02 oz/ton Au and 1.64 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (second pit, grab sample). 2.32 oz/ton Au and 4.26 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (cp). 5.80 oz/ton Au and 14.16 oz/ton Ag from the #2 Vein, V.G. noted. 6.80 oz/ton Au and 8.34 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (V.G., telluride, on shoreline). 4.19 oz/ton Au and 7.24 oz/ton Ag from the #1 Vein (rusty to bull-white quartz vein with gn and carbonate, 67 to 68 m east of Hays Lake). Numerous other assays returned values in the range of 0.01 oz/ton Au to 0.36 oz/ton Au.
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Peterson (1992) described three distinct phases of alteration, including silicification, iron-carbonate and sericitic alteation.
Date: Feb 20, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: Resident Geologist personnel visited the occurrence August 9, 1988 and September 19, 1989.
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Schreiber area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47J Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bartley M.W., Harcourt G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of Schreiber-Terrace Bay area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: OFR5692 Date: 1988
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Terrace Bay area, west sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2417 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - The Terrace Bay batholith and associated mineralization
Publication Number: OFR5514 Date: 1984
Author: Marmont S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist's District-1991
Publication Number: MP158.007 Date: 1997
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files, Thunder Bay office
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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