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| Record Name(s) | Airways Occurrence - 1948, Morehouse-Johnson Option - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-May-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Walters
Latitude: 49° 43' 7.8" Longitude: -87° 45' 39.19"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 445152.402 Northing: 5507648.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E12NW
Point Location Description: Trenches and diamond-drill holes.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is located along the western boundary of Walters Township, 1.1 km north of Bearskin Lake. The property is accessible by travelling north from Nezah (10.1 km west of Jellico) on secondary highway 801 for about 8 km, then southwest on a gravel road for 0.8 km.
1944: Property staked by Tena Rissanen. 1944-49: Optioned to Airways Exploration Ltd. who dug several trenches and drilled 5 holes totalling 167 m. 1974: After being dropped and restaked several times, the claim was optioned to Rickaby Mines Ltd, at which time a grid was cut and mag and EM surveys performed. 1975: Rickaby drilled one hole (171 m). 1980: Power stripping done by new owner, Nolan Cox. 1982-83: Diamond-drilling done by David Thorsteinson (new holder). Four holes totalled 225.9 m. 1984: Power stripping performed by Thorsteinson.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Terrane: Eastern Wabigoon
Belt: Beardmore-Geraldton
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (G White) - The Airways Occurrence is located in the west central portion of the main Beardmore-Geraldton belt, approx. 300 m south of the Paint Lake Fault zone.
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The claim group is largely underlain by volcanic rocks of andesitic composition. They strike in a direction slightly north of east and dip steeply to vertical. The NW corner of the group is underlain by metasedimentary rocks including conglomerate, argillite and greywacke. These rocks are generally sheared in a northeasterly direction with dip of schistosity predominantly steep to the north and occasionally to the south. The Paint Lake Fault crosses through the area in an east-west direction about 183 m north of the property. A branch of this fault similarly passes about 61 m north of the property. Several northeasterly trending shears and lineaments cross the claims. Airborne mag survey results show a band of magnetic highs passing just to the south of the claims which is probably due to iron formation. Mineralization consists of a series of 1.3 to 2.5 cm pyritic quartz-carbonate stringers with minor amounts of chalcopyrite, which are parallel to schistosity and strike N75E and dips about 75 degrees north. Rusty weathered mineralization can be traced for about 26 m along strike at which point bedrock is covered by overburden. The zone appears to be about 0.3 to 1.2 m wide.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Sheared & Fractured | Host |
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| Sandstone | 2 | Greywacke | Host | |
| Mudstone | 3 | Graphitic Argillite | Host | |
| Intermediate Tuff | 4 | Agglomeratic Tuff | Host | |
| Vein | 5 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 1 | ||||
| Epidote | Alteration | Epidotization | 2 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 3 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A chip sample taken across a 1.17 m zone assayed 0.16 oz/ton Au and a trace of silver. A selected grab sample contained 0.18 oz/ton Au and a trace of silver. Diamond-drill hole PC-1 gave a result of 0.01 oz/ton Au over 0.36m, and 0.01 oz/ton Au over 0.98 m. The depth down-hole is not specified.
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
Location:
File - Northern Miner history file
Publication Number: NM Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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 - 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
Location:
Map - Thunder Bay data series, Irwin Township area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2516 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Speed A.A.
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 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
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
Location:
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