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| Record Name(s) | Steel Vein - 1911, Claim TRP 3026 - 1925, Theriault Property - 1957 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2007-Jul-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: McArthur
Latitude: 48° 12' 4.13" Longitude: -81° 12' 45.45"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484201 Northing: 5338679 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03NE
Point Location Description: Precise, UTM coord of trench on showing (per T-5753)
Location Method: Data Compilation
1911: property staked by J. Chouinard and D. Morrison. 1920's: Held by Clear Lake Porcupine Syndicate. 1936-47: Alcide Porcupine Mines Limited: stripping, sampling, drilling, mapping. 1957: Acquired by A. Theriault. (T-139; R161, p. 62) 1966: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysics. (T-1273) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics. (T-2416) 1988: Norwin Resources Limited / Inco Limited: airborne geophysics, sampling (no assays submitted) (T-3198) 2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. - airborne geophysics (T-5088) 2008: Eloro Resources Ltd. - prospecting, sampling (no assays on record) (T-5753) 2008: Fletcher Nickel Inc - LIDAR imagery (T-6167)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2416 / 2.4291 | 42A06SW0507 | 42A06SW0507 |
| T-3198 / 2.13381 | 42A03NE0027 | 42A03NE0027 |
| T-3198 / 2.11387 | 42A03NE0028 | 42A03NE0028 |
| T-1273 / 63.1899 | 42A03NE0020 | 42A03NE0020 |
| T-5088 / 2.29089 | 42A03NE2010 | 42A03NE2010 |
| T-5753 / 2.38306 | 20000003008 | 20000003008 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
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| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiite | Adjacent | |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Adjacent |
Aug 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein, striking Az 050, contains quartz-filled fractures and lenses associated with a feldspar porphyry dike. The vein occurs within serpentinized komatiites of the Tisdale Assemblage.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Aug 22, 2012 (D Draper) - Visible gold was reported in the Steel Vein in 1912 but may have subsequently been submerged. (T-139; R161, p. 63)
Jul 19, 2007 (A Wilson) - A chip sample collected by Aunor Gold Mines Limited returned nil gold over 4.4 ft
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
Date: Jul 19, 2007
Geologist: A Wilson
Notes: The vein strikes 50.
File - Resident Geologist files T-0139, T-6167
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, McArthur Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0631 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R161 Page: 62-65 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Article - Geological and Mineral Potential of McArthur Township in the Bartlett Dome, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR6192.006 Page: 6.1-6.14 Date: 2006
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - McArthur and Douglas townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2363 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Peterlong Lake
Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Precambrian Geology of McArthur Township (Location 9)
Publication Number: P3583 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2007
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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