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| Record Name(s) | Maki East Occurrence - 9999, N. Maki and M. Maki - 1991, Maki East - 1991, Nezah Occurrence - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Antimony
Township or Area: Vincent
Latitude: 49° 39' 29.01" Longitude: -87° 39' 51.61"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 452052.265 Northing: 5500825.11 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NE
Point Location Description: Trenches.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in northeastern Vincent Township. The claims lie 13 km west southwest of Jellicoe and 0.8 km south of the Blackwater River and Canadian National Railway tracks. A bush road parallels the south side of the tracks from Kyro's (west) Road. In low water conditions, a four wheel drive vehicle can be driven through the river to an area north of the main showings. Access may be realized by boat across Nezah Lake and along trails/claim lines.
1983: Neil and Mark Maki staked a group of claims to the east of the adjoining Pichette Occurrence. 1984: Quinterra Resources Limited optioned the property (28 claims).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | 42E12NE0182 | 42E12NE0182 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The Maki East Occurrence is hosted in the Southern Metavolcanic Sub-belt of the Wabigoon Sub-province. Basalt and mafic to intermediate tuffs, minor mafic to felsic intrusions, with chemical and minor associated interflow sedimentary rocks are present in the sub-belt. Foliation is generally 070 degrees to east-trending. Rocks dip steeply to the north to vertically. Rocks are metamorphosed to greenschist grade. The Maki East Occurrence is underlain by mafic metavolcanics (basalts and tuffs) hosting chemical metasediments. Gold mineralization is associated with chemical metasediments (ironstones). These ironstones are banded and consist of recrystallized chert, magnetite or hematite (some specular) and iron amphiboles (including grunerite and hornblende). At least four ironstone units striking 260 degrees have been located by stripping. Two of the units are subparallel, approximately 10 m apart, and are separated by sheared to massive, silicified, intermediate volcanic rocks. Mafic tuffaceous rocks, also silicified, form the north contact of the most northerly ironstone. Gold is associated with replacement pyrite and arsenopyrite in the ironstone. Minor narrow quartz veins occur with erratic sulphides.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Near |
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| Mafic Tuff | 2 | Tuffaceous | Near | |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Ch-Mag-Hem Iron Formation | Host | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Sheared | Near | |
| Vein | 5 | Quartz | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | ||||
| Biotite | Alteration | Biotitic | 3 | ||||
| Chloride | Alteration | Chloritic | 4 | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 5 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Gold is associated with replacement pyrite and arsenopyrite in the ironstone. Minor narrow quartz veins occur with erratic sulphides. 8 samples taken in 1983 all returned assay values of <0.01 oz/ton Au. Of the 21 samples taken in 1984, the best results were values of 530 ppm As, 1.1 ppm Sb, and 1690 ppm Au.
Date: Jan 10, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: The Beardmore-Geraldton Economic Geologist visited the occurrence November 2, 1983, May 31, 1984, and August 2, 1984.
Map - Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM37K Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Namewaminikan (Sturgeon) River area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: M1934C Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV37-04.003 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Tashota-Geraldton sheet, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2102 Date: 1997
Author: Pye E.G., Harris F.R., Fenwick K.G., Baillie J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the geology of the Blackwater-Beardmore area
Publication Number: PR1951-07 Date: 1998
Author: Peach P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - McComber and Vincent townships, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MP116.007 Page: 32-36 Date: 1997
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Vincent Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2854 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5630 Page: 378 Date: 1986
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5630 Date: 1986
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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