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| Record Name(s) | G. Pichette - 1981, Morrison-Smith - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Feb-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Zinc
Township or Area: Vincent
Latitude: 49° 39' 17.81" Longitude: -87° 42' 2.5"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 449425 Northing: 5500503 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NE
Point Location Description: Occurrence on OGS map P2854
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is located in north central Vincent Township. The claims occur 14.5 km west-southwest of Jellicoe and 0.8 km south of the Blackwater River and Canadian National Railway track. A bush road parallels the south side of the track from Kyro's (west) Road. In low water conditions, a four wheel drive vehicle can be driven through the river to the main showing. In high water, a boat is neede to cross.
1936: B. Morrison, on behalf of Ventures Ltd., staked 16 claims. Trenching was conducted on claim TB22073. 1938: Morrison-Smith held the claims. W.S. Hamilton (1938) noted gold in quartz veins. Ventures Ltd dropped the option. 1973: John Ternowsky recorded trenching on claim TB350523. 1980: F.A. Swanson, G. Pichette and L. Pichette staked 16 claims in Vincent Township. 1981-82: All claims were transferred to G. Pichette, and some power stripping was completed. 1982: Amax of Canada Ltd. optioned the ground. Diamond drilling was conducted. 1983: Amax transferred all interest to 121991 Canada Ltd. which later transferred all interest to Canamax Resources Inc. Linecutting, mag, EM and geological surveys were recorded. Diamond drilling was also undertaken, with 5 DDH totalling 301.75 m being completed. The claims were transferred back to G. Pichette. 1984: Quinterra Resources Incorporated (Highland-Crow Resources Limited) optioned the property. Diamond drilling began in December 1984, with 3 DDH totalling 440.4 m being completed. 1985: The claims reverted to G. Pichette. 1991-92: G. Pichette carried out trenching and sampling. 1996: F. Houghton carried out prospecting, blasting, power washing, and sampling. 2019: Riverside Resources registered the claims immediately east of the original Pichette showing and carried out prospecting, mapping, and sampling. 2023: Riverside Resources carried out surface sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | 42E12NE0198 | 42E12NE0198 |
| 22 | 42E12NE0203 | 42E12NE0203 |
| 21 | 42E12NE0210 | 42E12NE0210 |
| 2.6002 | 42E12NE0195 | 42E12NE0195 |
| 2.15658 | 42E12NE0062 | 42E12NE0062 |
| 2.18177 | 42E12NE2002 | 42E12NE2002 |
| 63.6009 | 42E12NE0172 | 42E12NE0172 |
| OP92-324 | 42E12NE0132 | 42E12NE0132 |
| 63.5894 | 42E12NE0170 | 42E12NE0170 |
| W9640.00532 | 42E12NE0235 | 42E12NE0235 |
| 2.5886 | 42E12NE0201 | 42E12NE0201 |
| 2.8076 | 42E12NE0411 | 42E12NE0411 |
| OP91-326 | 42E12NE0094 | 42E12NE0094 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The occurrence is located in the Southern Metavolcanic Belt, which is an intermediate to mafic metavolcanic sequence, forming an east-trending lenticular belt up to 3 km wide. It consists of massive, pillowed and amygdaloidal flows (chlorite schist), mafic tuffs, felsic to mafic intrusions, and/or coarse flow rocks. Pillows suggest younging direction to the north. The most common lithology near the occurrence is a mafic volcanic unit with coarser layers or lenses of more massive, gabbroic to dioritic material that is probably, in part, coarse flow material. Locally, the pillows can be found only slightly flattened, and tops are indicated to the north. For the most part, however, the volcanics occur as massive schistose flows. Banded ironstone occurs within the volcanic rocks south of the showing, with the exception of one narrow lense north and east of this main shear zone. Canamax noted the presence of minor (felsic) sericitic sedimentary rocks and one narrow diabase dyke striking 060 degrees. Peach (1951) described the occurrences as a aone of intense shearing in basalt, located south of the metasedimentary-metavolcanic fault contact. Bedding and schistosity range from 070 to 090 degrees. The Pichette shear zone may be up to 90 m wide and strikes 080-090 degrees (dip 65-66 degrees S). Panning initially determined the presence of fine gold. Diamond drilling by Canamax suggested the Pichette Shear Zone was not persistent at depth and possibly leached of gold values.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Pillowed | Near |
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Host | ||
| Diabase | 4 | Diabase | Near | |
| Vein | 5 | Quartz | Host | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 6 | Chlorite | Sheared | Host |
| 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 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Calcite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 4 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Gold is associated with carbonate (calcite), pyrrhotite, pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. Highly contorted, saccharoidal quartz veins occur mainly discordant to shearing within the zone. Narrow auriferous ironstones have been noted by the property vendor, but little work has been undertaken on these possible showings. Canamax described a disconformable vein in ironstone hosting arsenopyrite, tourmaline and gold (0.1 to 0.5 ppm). Samples taken in 1981 have produced values of 0.18, 0.12, 0.16, 0.56, and 0.19 oz/ton Au. Samples taken in 1982 have produced values of 0.04, 0.22, 0.02 and 0.05 oz/ton Au.
Jun 09, 2021 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH P7-83 returned up to 1600 ppm Zn over 3.2 feet from an iron formation with up to 60% chert and 20% pyrite, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite in stringers and blebs (Assessment report 42E12NE0203). Samples taken in 1987 returned 0.206 and 0.3 oz/t Au (7.06 and 10.28 g/t Au) from vein material (Assessment report 42E12NE0172).
Mar 06, 2024 (Sheree Hinz) - Surface sampling done by Riverside Resources in 2023 from a vein along a 50m exposed section that returned 1 m chip samples of 13 g/t and 21 g/t Au within banded iron formation units (Riverside Resources Ltd Press Release February 29, 2024).
Date: Jan 15, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: The Beardmore-Geraldton Economic Geologist visited the occurrence October 4, 1981, August of 1982, June 1, 1983 and August 23, 1983.
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:
Part - Geology of the Beardmore-Nezah gold area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV37-04.003 Page: 83-108 Date: 1998
Author: Langford G.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Press Release - Riverside Samples 21 g/t Gold at PAT Target on the Pichette Gold Project, NW Ontario
Publication Number: Press Release Date: 2024
Author: Smith, F.
Publisher Name: Riverside Resources Ltd
Location:
File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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
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Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1981
Publication Number: MP101 Page: 63 Date: 1982
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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
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Mono - Gold occurrences, prospects, and deposits of the Beardmore-Geraldton area, districts of Thunder Bay and Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5630 Page: 471-476 Date: 1986
Author: Mason J.K., White G.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Compend - Summary of field work, 1983
Publication Number: MP116 Page: 32-36 Date: 1983
Author: Wood J., White O.L., Barlow R.B., Colvine A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Compend - The geology of gold in Ontario
Publication Number: MP110 Page: 84-97 Date: 1983
Author: Colvine A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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