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| Record Name(s) | Argenteuil Occurrence - 1900, Highmark Resources - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Syine
Latitude: 48° 48' 32.41" Longitude: -86° 57' 21.82"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 503226 Northing: 5406225 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D15SW
Point Location Description: AMIS shaft location
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The occurrence is located in Syine Township, about 1.2 km west of Highway 17 and 1.6 km northeast of Jackfish on the C.P.R. line (claim TB 651026, claim map G-634). The occurrence lies about 20.5 km east of the town of Terrace Bay along Highway 17. Travel south on the Bluewater Cabins Road to the hydro line, then west on the hydro line to the road leading 400 m to the C.P.R. line. Then south along the line for 457 m to the old workings.
1900-1903: Two shafts sunk (1.5 m by 2 m by 15 m deep and 2 m by 3.6 m by 30 m deep) and an adit driven (128 m); Argenteuil Mining Company. 1983: Airborne geophysical survey (EM, MAG, VLF); Aerodat Ltd. for Highmark Resources Ltd. Unspecified gold exploration; Highmark Resources Ltd.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - The Argenteuil occurrence lies within the Terrace Bay batholith near its eastern contact with mafic, intermediate and felsic metavolcanics. All rocks are Archean. The ore zone consists of an irregular body of hematite in granitic to quartz dioritic rocks (Carter 1904, Walker 1967).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granitic To Quartz Dioritic | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - Samples collected by K. Fenwick (Resident Geologist's office, Thunder Bay) contain both gangue and ore minerals. Iron-stained quartz and calcite comprise the gangue mineralogy while hematite comprises the bulk of the ore mineralogy, occurring as massive, encrusting bodies. Grab samples collected from the occurrence in 1982 by OGS Resident Geologist staff returned assay values of trace Au and trace Ag.
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
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MonoMap - Geology of the Jackfish-Middleton area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R050 Date: 1997
Author: Walker J.W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Jackfish-Middleton area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2107 Date: 1967
Author: Walker J.W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 715-17 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Summer mining schools
Publication Number: ARV13-01.004 Page: 74 Date: 1998
Author: Goodwin W.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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