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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Golden Pheasant DH 88-8 - 1988
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2007-Jun-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Carman

Latitude: 48° 22' 39.64"    Longitude: -81° 2' 33.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 496840.001   Northing: 5358279.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole 88-8

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The Golden Pheasant property is located almost 30 kilometres southeast of the city of Timmins. The claim group is located in the southwest quadrant of Carman Township. Access to the property is gained by travelling south from South Porcupine on the Tisdale Road and then southeast on an all-weather road towards the Langmuir Mine. The Langmuir Mine road passes approximately a half-mile south of the property and there are numerous trails leading north from the road. It takes roughly one hour to travel from downtown Timmins to the centre of the property. (T-3135)



Exploration History

1965-66, M & M Porcupine Gold Mines Limited: Airborne and ground geophysical surveys (T-1208 / 63.1671 / 42A06NE0064 ) 1971, Canadian Nickel Company Limited: Geophysical surveys (T-1009 / 2.505; 2.509 / 42A06SE0011 ; 42A07NW0206 ) 1973, Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.: Geophysical surveys (T-1561 / 2.1234 / 42A06NE0267 ) 1981-82, Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd.: Geophysical surveys (T-2454 / 2.4575 / 42A06NE0286 ) 1988, Golden Pheasant Resources: Geophysical surveys (T-3135 / 2.11290 / 42A06NE0280 ) 1988-89, Golden Pheasant Resources: Drilling, assays (T-3135 / 63.5445 / 42A06SE8448 ) (Core: DCL file TI3330)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1009, 2.505 42A06SE0011 42A06SE0011
T-1561, 2.1234 42A06NE0267 42A06NE0267
T-2454, 2.4575 42A06NE0286 42A06NE0286
T-3135, 2.9980 42A06SE0037 42A06SE0037
2.10112, T-3135 42A06SE0016 42A06SE0016
2.11290, T-3135 42A06NE0280 42A06NE0280
63.5445 42A06SE8448 42A06SE8448
42A06NE8448 20000005012 20000005012
41, T-3135 42A06NE0279 42A06NE0279
T-1208, 63.1671 42A06NE0064 42A06NE0064

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Contains
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization Comments

Jun 01, 2007 (D Draper) - Hole 88-8 was collared in iron formation. This whole unit was anomalous in gold, the lowest value being 250 ppb and the highest giving a weighted average of 0.24 oz Au/ton over 1.08 m. The highest gold value in a lower zone of iron formation was 700 to 820 ppb over 0.7 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology of Carman and Langmuir Townships

Publication Number: P3268 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Houlé M.G., Guilmette C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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