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MDI42D14SW00022
| Record Name(s) | Singleton-Gray West - 1925, R.W. Pitkanen - 1969, J.E. Halonen - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead
Township or Area: Priske
Latitude: 48° 47' 30.64" Longitude: -87° 15' 48.39"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 480651 Northing: 5404350 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SW
Point Location Description: Trenches, stripped areas.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in Priske Township approximately 1.6 km south of Schreiber, about 180 m south of the hydro line (claim TB 4769/560999, claim map G 631, Priske Township). Access may be gained via an old road which extends 1.6 km south from the townsite of Schreiber to the vicinity of the occurrence. A trail leads west to a distance of approximately 100 m to the trenched area.
1922: TB 3921 staked by L.M. Crain who carried out unspecified work until 1925. 1925: Restaked by G. Singleton as TB 4769. Singleton and R. Gray carried out surface trenching and sampling. 1931: Claim was patented. 1966-1969: Claims TB 126917 and 132337 (mining rights only) staked by R.W. Pitkanen and M. Pitkanen, respectively. 1969: R.W. Pitkanen staked TB 139095. 1970: Mechanical and manual stripping, surface trenching undertaken. Five diamond drill holes, aggregating 243.2 m were drilled. 1971: TB 139095 lapsed and was restaked by R.W. Pitkanen as TB 287071. 1972: Manual work was resumed. 1973: Pitkanen's claim lapsed and was restaked by J.E. Halonen as TB 350199. Blasting and trenching ensured, resulting in a trench 9.14 m long, 1.5 m wide and 3.0 m deep. 1975: Claims lapsed. 1979: Examined by M.W. Carter of the Ontario Geological Survey during the course of field mapping. 1981: TB 560999 (M.R.O.) staked by A. Wilson. 1983: All interest was transferred to New Ambrose Resources Inc. 1984: Joint ownership of nine claim group (including TB 560999) was attained by New Ambrose, J. E. Bond II, and D. Mocnik except for TB 786103, owned by L. G. McMillan; all nine claims were optioned to GLE Resources Ltd. and Lincoln Resources Inc. Soil, rock chip and humus geochemical sampling was conducted over the claim group. An airborne geophysical (VLF EM, EM, magnetometer) survey was conducted. 2005: R. Renner carried out prospecting and mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.31047 | 20000000968 | 20000000968 |
| 63.4384 | 42D14SE0067 | 42D14SE0067 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The occurrence is first noted by Harcourt (1939 p.27): On claim TB 4769, about a mile (1.6 km) south of Schreiber, a similar (Morley high grade type) carbonate vein containing a considerable amount of galena was discovered by George Singleton and Robert Gray. The vein is narrow and has not been exposed along the strike; it is said to yield silver on assay.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Carter (1981a) reports that: Mineralization encountered in the course of Pitkanen's diamond drilling was not recorded. Disseminated chalcopyrite mineralization was observed in the trench by the author during the current 1979 mapping. McLeod (1983) makes reference to the J. Hallonen occurrence where an old trench was cleaned out. A 12 inch wide carbonate vein was sampled and assayed 0.01 ounce per ton Au and 20.64 ounces per ton Ag. The exact location is unknown but is considered to be the Singleton Gray West occurrence.
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Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Schreiber area, east part, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2391 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 506-508 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - The southwestern part of the Schreiber area
Publication Number: ARV47-09.001 Page: 23-25 Date: 1998
Author: Harcourt G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Schreiber-Duck Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARM30A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E., Tanton T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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
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