Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42E13SW00023
| Record Name(s) | Maloney Sturgeon Prospect - 9999, R. Maloney - 1982, Maloney Sturgeon - 1982, M.F. Cowan - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Aug-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Pifher
Latitude: 49° 45' 55.8" Longitude: -87° 52' 26.74"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 437052.474 Northing: 5512924.963 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42E13SW
Point Location Description: Trenches.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The property is located 20 km north-northeast of the Beardmore townsite in the southwest corner of Pifher Township. The main showing can be reached by 2 wheel drive vehicle from Highway 11, 26 km east of Beardmore. The second road (River or 72 Road) travelling west from Highway 801 (11km north), north of the Namwaminikan River crossing, provides access to the property.
1934: Rene Maloney discovered gold in an andesite outcrop to the east of Peddle Lake. A shallow test pit was blasted on the showing, revealing a quartz lens up to 2 m wide and striking N50 degrees W. Two cross trenches were dug to the NW, but no further vein material was uncovered in this direction. Several deep pits were dug in a southerly direction about 15 m east of the original pit, following the rusty shear zone the vein occurred in. No important mineralization was uncovered. 1935: Discovery pit opened up further; 'spectacular gold ore' uncovered. About 40 tons of vein material was removed from a 6 m long ore pocket. A shipment of 364 lbs of cobbed material produced a 21.4 oz gold brick. 1936: Claims cancelled due to non-renewal of licence. 1937: Claims reinstated. One ton of ore reportedly yielded 72.6 oz of gold and 16 oz of silver. 1938: The claims were cancelled in April and immediately restaked. 1939-42: Some work recorded; claims cancelled then restaked. 1953: Claims brought to lease. 1975-76: Mag survey conducted. 1985: Claims lapsed and R.J. McGowan staked the ground covering the original pit.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.6090 | 42E13SW0058 | 42E13SW0058 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The property lies in an area underlain by mafic to felsic metavolcanics which are intruded by diabase and granitic rock. Specifically, the prospect is underlain mainly by pillowed and tuffaceous mafic metavolcanics. Irregularly-shaped intrusions of feldspar porphyry or granite porphyry can be found. The metavolcanics are dark green, highly altered, have well developed pillow structures, strike generally N80E and have a near vertical dip. The mineralization consists of gold and sulphides in vitreous quartz veins. The veins are well fractured, with thin layers of dark chloritic or sericitic material filling the fractures, giving the veins a banded or ribboned appearance.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Pillowed, Tuffaceous | Near |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase | Near | |
| Granite | 4 | Porphyritic | Near | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 5 | Feldspar | Near | |
| Vein | 6 | Quartz | 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 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 3 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The mineralization consists of gold and sulphides (py with minor gn, cp, mc and sp) in vitreous quartz veins. The gold is only seen to occur in the free state, not associated with the sulphides. The discovery vein is the only zone of economic importance found to date. The vein is lense-shaped with widths to 2 m. 73 oz of gold and 16 oz of silver were obtained in material taken from the original pit in 1937.
Date: Jan 10, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: The Beardmore-Geraldton Economic Geologist visited the occurrence July 28, 1983.
Map - Sturgeon River gold area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM45A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L., Laird H.C.
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:
Part - The western part of the Sturgeon River area (Sturgeon R.-Beardmore section)
Publication Number: ARV45-02.002 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Pifher Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P3078 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1988
Author: Kresz D.U., Zayachivsky B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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