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Record: MDI42D15SW00032

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver

Location

Township or Area: Syine

Latitude: 48° 51' 18.5"    Longitude: -86° 55' 46.19"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 505171.78   Northing: 5411354.86    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42D15SW

Point Location Description: Trench

Location Method: Field Visit

Access Description: The Siville-Ferrier East Prospect is located in Syine Township about 16 km east of Terrace Bay and 0.8 km northeast of Highway 17 (claim map G-634, Syine Township). Access may be gained via an old foot trail/bush road which extends northeast from Highway 17 at Fishnet Creek, 1.5 km to the showings.

Exploration History

Pre-1882: Mineralization discovered in the area. High gold and silver values reported. 1882: Bulk sampling and assaying; Elgin Silver Mining Co. 1884-1885: Unspecified development work, a tunnel or adit 45.74 m long was driven sometime prior to 1890; Elgin Silver Mining Co. c.1928: Surface work and road construction; W. Longworth. 1929 (?): Unspecified surface work; Northern Light Gold Mines. 1933-1936: Trenching, stripping and pitting; Siville-Ferrier Syndicate. 1956-1980: The occurrence was restaked several times by various parties but no work was recorded. 1981-1983: Stripping and surface work; J.R. Hamel. 1984: Geophysical (EM, MAG) and geological surveys; Goldhurst Resources Inc. 1985: Property examination and lithogeochemical sampling; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1987: The property was optioned as part of a larger block which also hosted the beaver Creek, Elgin, Elgin North and Blood Vein showings by Forerunner Resources. Stripping, trenching, soil and lithogeochemical sampling and geological mapping; Forerunner Resources (which later became Beardmore resources Ltd.). Property examination and lithogeochemical sampling; OGS Resident Geologist staff. 1991: Prospecting, sampling and trenching (on the Beaver Creek Showing); J.R. Hamel. 1992-1994: Diamond drilling (on the Beaver Creek Showing); J.R. Hamel. 1995: Prospecting and sampling; G. Daniels and J. Ferguson. 1998: Superior Minerals Inc. carried out sampling.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - According to Map No. 2107 (Walker 1967) the area is underlain by granite to quartz diorite rocks which have intruded massive to pillowed to amphibolitic mafic volcanic rocks. The schistosity trends N70 degrees E and dips an average 85 degrees to the south. The two major zones are described by The Northern Miner, Oct. 18, 1943 as follows: Two quartz outcroppings were sampled on what is known as Zone 'A'. With these outcroppings as a starting point, mineralization was traced for a length of 2000 feet (609.6 m), it is stated. Stripping was then started and the overburden removed from an area approximately 700 feet by 100 feet (213.4 by 30.5 m). Trenching and pitting proved the area to have heavily mineralized vein material, and numerous grab samples disclosed gold values. Ore Zone 'B', which is about a half-mile (0.8 km) southwest of Zone 'A', the vein system has been traced for approximately 2000 feet (609.6 m), the report states. On this zone there is an underground working about 150 feet (45.7 m) in length, showing two quartz veins, one of which extends over its entire length. Another report in the Globe and Mail, Sept. 23, 1933 indicates that: ... two new veins north of the main structure have been uncovered in a shear approximately fifty feet (15.24 m) wide, indicating four parallel veins in a width of slightly over 100 feet (30.5 m). Schnieders et al. (1996) described the occurrence as follows: Five quartz veins were observed in a stripped area 30m by 100m in size. Numerous old pits resembling the pattern of reported trenches were observed at this location. The veins are generally crack-seal type veins striking 110 and up to 80 cm in width. Chlorite and amphibole make up the mafic seams and up to 5% pyrite was observed in the quartz. Calcite is also present in several of the veins. The quartz veins are hosted by a hornblende hornfels or amphibolite. In general the quartz veins are bully and barren looking.

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - The veins are generally crack-seal type veins striking 110 degrees and up to 80 cm in width. Chlorite and amphibole make up the mafic seams and up to 5% pyrite was observed in the quartz. Calcite is also present in several of the veins. The quartz veins are hosted by a hornblende hornfels or amphibolite. In general the quartz veins are bully and barren looking.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D McKay) - The Canadian Mining Review 1890, p.115 states: The vein carries free gold and highly auriferous pyrites. A Report of the Royal Commission (1890) states: The lode has been located ... the yields being from $120 to $700 of silver and from $60 to $100 of gold to the ton. The Northern Miner (1933, p.23) reports: Twenty specimen samples taken from the pits assayed $92 per ton in gold (3.18 oz. Au/ton). Only two of the samples ran less than $23 per ton (0.79 oz. Au/ton). Grab samples taken by Siville-Ferrier Syndicate returned assay values which averaged 0.43 opt Au (SH Resident Geologist's mineral Deposit Files). Grab samples collected from the occurrence in 1987 by OGS Resident Geologist staff returned assays of nil Au leading Schnieders et al. (1996) to state: The high gold values reported in historic literature came from Siville-Ferrier trenches or workings other than those sampled by the authors, or the reported values are inaccurate. Samples collected by G. Daniels and J. Ferguson in September 1995 from old pits east of the previously sampled Siville-Ferrier trenches, assayed up to 0.4 ounce per ton Au (G. Daniels, Prospector, personal communication, 1995). Grab samples collected from the occurrence in 1987 by Forerunner Resources returned assay values of up to 21 ppm Au.

Mineral Record Details

References

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

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Map - Jackfish-Middleton area, Thunder Bay District

Publication Number: M2107 Date: 1967

Author: Walker J.W.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.

Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 706-711  Date: 1996

Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files

Publication Number: Min Dep Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Thunder Bay RGP

Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP161 Page: 121-165  Date: 1993

Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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