Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | MacKenzie River Fault Ag - 1984 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1992-Mar-25 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Macgregor
Latitude: 48° 34' 11.56" Longitude: -88° 50' 18.6"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 364376.3 Northing: 5381274.5 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A10SW
Point Location Description: N/A
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1984-85: This area was mapped by OGS staff member J. Scott. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 |
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Mar 24, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - OGS map P2985 shows the area as having sheared amphibolite (Scott, 1986).
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 24, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - 03/17/2020 (T Pettigrew) – A zone of quartz stockwork and silicification exists north of the hydro line north of Birch Beach. Some of the larger quartz veins are up to 30 cm wide and exhibit pyrite gossan in places. One grab sample from the area returned values of trace gold and 0.76 oz/t Ag (Scott, 1986).
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, MacGregor Township, east half, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2985 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Scott J.F., Sequin J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology of MacGregor Township
Publication Number: OFR5719 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Scott J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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