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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Robert Sample 6533 - 1997, Goldale Mines Ltd. - 1934
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2006-Nov-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Tisdale

Latitude: 48° 29' 19.53"    Longitude: -81° 17' 43.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 478170   Northing: 5370668    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Sample location

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Turn north off Hwy 101 onto Hwy 655. Approximately 1/2 mile north of intersection, turn right into the parking lot adjacent to Ross Ave., the drive north along the fence for about 1/2 mile and park at the Sand Claims road crossing sign. A walk of about 1000ft along the graveled trail arrives at grid line L 4+00W in the NW corner of claim 1218639 (situated in the NW 1/4, S 1/2 of Lot 9, Concession 3). Occurrence claim 1207046 is to the immediate southeast of this claim.



Exploration History

1938, Goldale Mines: Geology, drilling (hole #4 on Goldale map near occurrence; no log on file) (T-38 / donation) 1996, Robert, J: Prospecting, sampling, assays (any significant assays from this program were from tailings and muckpiles on the property) (T-3916) 1997, Robert, J: Prospecting, sampling, assays (T-4174) and ground geophysics (T-4007 / 2.18528) 2003, Kinross Gold/Gervais L./Placer Dome: Ground geophysics (T-4957 / 2.27173)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4007 / 2.18528 42A06NW2010 42A06NW2010
T-4957 / 2.27173 42A11SW2039 42A11SW2039

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Pillowed, Amygdaloidal Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jan 28, 2014 (D Draper) - No detailed geological or lithilogical description of the sample site was provided in file T-4174. However, a report on the Goldale Mines propertyin T-0038 described the outcrop in the vicinity of the occurrence as amygdaloidal pillow lavas (greenstone flow on map legend).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2BorniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 23, 2006 (D Draper) - Bedrock sample 6533 was described as quartz with chalcopyrite and trace bornite and malachite staining. It assayed 1.73% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0038, T-3916 (OP96-34; OP96-76; OP96-147), T-4174 (OP97-316)

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Location: Timmins RGP office


MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R058 Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Publication - Goldale Mines Ltd.

Publication Number: clippings Date: 1966

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

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Mono - Structural geology of Tisdale and Whitney townships, Abitibi greenstone belt, District of Cochrane, northeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5768 Date: 1991

Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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