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MDI42E12NE00024
| Record Name(s) | Warren Occurrence - 9999, T.J. Warren - 1983, Princess Lona Property - 9999, Princess Lona - 1983, Lord Levy - 1983, Count Smar - 1983, Count Smar Joint Venture - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Feb-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Silver
Township or Area: Walters
Latitude: 49° 43' 15.76" Longitude: -87° 42' 32.37"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 448895.36 Northing: 5507857.051 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NE
Point Location Description: Trenches, diamond drill holes.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in central Walters Township, approximately 0.8 km south of Paint Lake. Travel northwest from Nezah (10.1 km west of Jellicoe) on secondary Highway 801 for 6.4 km, north by gravel road for 1.6 km and east on a bush road for 0.8 km.
Pre-1939: Springer Exploration Company held the property covering the occurrence. 1939: T.J. Warren staked the occurrence and optioned it to Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd., which dug a number of trenches and mapped the property. 1946: The claim was transferred to S. Rosenblatt and H.H. Hatch (50% each). 1947: The claim was cancelled and restaked by G. Langford. 1950: The claim was cancelled. 1968: F. Ledger held the occurrence. The old pits were opened up by backhoe by Ledger and resampled by OGS geologists. 1980: The property covering the occurrence was staked by Nolan Cox. 1981: Power stripping was performed by Nolan Cox. 1982: Two diamond drill holes totalling 123.8 m were completed by W. McCrindle for Nolan Cox. 1983: The property was mapped by W. McCrindle for Nolan Cox. 1984-85: The claim was cancelled and restaked by George L. Mealey, who subsequently transferred all interest to Gerald Bruce. The claim was then transferred to Metalore Resources Ltd., which conducted an airborne EM survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 23 | 42E12NE0130 | 42E12NE0130 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Walters Township is underlain by east-trenching, isoclinally folded, and faulted mafic to felsic metavolcanics and metasediments. Mafic metavolcanics which host the occurrence included andesite and basalt, typically pillowed or amygdaloidal, and minor tuffs. Flow rocks are fine-grained, and dark green to greyish-green. Discontinuous chert, oxide iron formation and sulphide layers are interbedded with the metavolcanics. According to McCrindle (1982), tuff breccia horizons were evident in the drill core but not detected on the outcrop surface. Lapilli vary up to one inch and are elongated parallel to the shearing. Minor amounts of intermediate to felsic metavolcanics are exposed on the property. The major geological structures on the property are foliation in the metavolcanics and metasediments which run north of east at approximately 70 degrees. The dips tend to be vertical although occasionally dips steep to the north or south were measured. The Paint Lake Fault cuts across the north end of the claim group through the lake. Gold mineralization is associated with a 1.2 m wide shear zone. The shear zone is within massive and pillowed mafic metavolcanics, strikes 040 to 048 degrees and dips 80 degrees south to vertical. Foliation of volcanic rocks is 045 to 058 degrees on the property. Quartz carbonate veins and cherty fragments are present in the zone. Veins are narrow and range up to 13 cm wide. Gold is associated with sulpide mineralization. The shear zone is exposed for 650 feet by trenching. To the southwest the shear zone disappears under a swamp. To the northeast the lineament may be displaced southwards by faulting and continue to Paint Lake, a distance of 2400 feet.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate pillowed flow | 1 | Andesite | Pillowed Or Amygdaloidal | Near |
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| Mafic pillowed flow | 2 | Basalt | Pillowed Or Amygdaloidal | Near |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Chert | 4 | Near | ||
| Conglomerate | 5 | Polymictic | N/A | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | Host | |
| Sandstone | 7 | Near | ||
| Mafic pillowed flow | 8 | Pillowed, Sheared | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Flow rocks are fine-grained, and dark green to greyish-green. The conglomerate contains pebbles and boulders (to 12 inches diameter) of granitic and volcanic material along with argillite, quartz and jasper. Most clasts are elongated.
| 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 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 3 | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 4 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Grab samples assayed up to 0.97 oz/ton Au (from fine to medium-grained quartz vein containing minor carbonate and disseminated py cubes--35% py) and 0.80 oz/ton Ag ( from fine to medium grained quartz vein, minor curb sheared metavolcanics). Chip samples, taken across 35.5 cm, assayed 0.01 oz/ton Au and 0.24 oz/ton Ag.
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Mafic metavolcanics are altered to chlorite-sericite schists with hematite staining.
Date: Jan 31, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: The Beardmore-Geraldton Economic Geologist visited the occurrence August 20, 1981.
File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1939, Walters Township
Publication Number: AFRO 1939 Date: 1939
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Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Map - Mineral deposits series, Ontario mineral potential, Longlac sheet, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: P1527 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1978
Author: Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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Map - Walters and Leduc townships, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2356 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Mackasey W.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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MonoMap - Geology of Walters and Leduc townships, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R149 Date: 1976
Author: Mackasey W.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Thunder Bay data series, Nezah Lake area, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2517 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Speed A.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
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Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Article - 1981 report of the Thunder Bay Resident Geologist
Publication Number: MP101.004 Date: 1997
Author: McIlwaine W.H., Fenwick K.G., Scott J.F., Mason J.K., Schnieders B.R., Kristjansson F.J., Speed A.A., Bourdages H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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