Post on 18-Oct-2020
Dorset
Marathon
Hemlo WhiteRiver
WawaLAKESUPERIOR
50km
ThunderBay
Timmins
Toronto
ONTARIO
Scale(km)
0 2
Dorset
LEGEND
DiabaseFelsicIntrusiveClasticMetasedimentsChemicalMetasedimentsFelsicMetavolcanicsMafictoIntermediateMetavolcanicsGoldMineFaultRoadGoldOccurrence
Mishibishu LakeGreenstoneBeltTheMishibishuBelthasproventobeanemerginggoldcampwithhundredsofgoldoccurrencesdiscoveredsincetheearl y 1980's. Accessandinfrastructureareexcellent. Theareaistraversedbyanallweatherroadandpowerline,whichservicestheEagleRiverGoldMineandmillattheMagnaconDeposit. ThebeltcontainsalloftheimportantgeologicalfeaturescommonlyassociatedwithestablishedArcheangoldcamps.
Thisarea(60kmradius)oftheWawaSubprovincehasseenproductionofapproximately25millionouncesofgoldinthelast20years. MostoftheseouncescamefromtheHemlogoldmines(~100Mt@8.0gptAu),wherepresentproductionaccountsfor1/3ofOntario'sand1/5ofCanad a'stotalproductionofgold.
GoldexplorationwasinitiatedintheMishibishuareaafterthediscoveryofHemloin1981. HundredsofnewgoldoccurrenceswerediscoveredwiththemostsignificantbeingtheEagleRiverDeposit(~2.4Mt@10.0gptAu),MishiDeposit(1.4Mt@4.2gptAu)andtheMagnaconDeposi t (1.4Mt@6.5gptAu).
Marathon
MISHIBISHUL.
MISHIL.
KATZENBACHL.
AUGUSTAL.
MACASSACREEK
MISSINGL.
LAKESUPERIOR
CAMERONL.
CENTRALPLUTON
PUKASKWABATHOLITH
BOWMANLAKEBATHOLITH
MISHIBISHULAKE
STOCK
MAGNACONDEPOSIT(EAGLERIVERMILL)
1.4Mt@6.5gAu/t
MISHIMINE1.4Mt@4.26gAu/t
EAGLERIVERMINE
2.4Mt@10gAu/t
50kmtoHWY17
DORSETPROPERTY
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