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Record: MDI000000000348

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Westport Porcupine #1 - 1938, Claim TRP 11368 - 1938, Westport DDH 1 - 1938
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Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	2007-Jul-24
Date Last Modified	2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: McArthur

Latitude: 48° 11' 30.48" Longitude: -81° 14' 34.2"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 481953.002 Northing: 5337646.995 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NE

Point Location Description: Approx locn of drill collar as calculated from Hewitt shaft site (known UTM coord.)

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is via Pine Street south from Timmins (32 km) to the border of Bartlett and McArthur Townships. An old lumber road heads east toward the property.

Exploration History

1938: Westport Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - geology, drilling (6-513m), stripping, trenching, sampling (T-1273) 1966: Acme Gas and Oil Co. Ltd. - Airborne geophysical survey (T-1273) 1981-82: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics, mapping, sampling (T-2416). 1988-89: Norwin Resources Ltd. (Inco Gold Management Inc. option) - airborne and ground geophysics, data compilation, geology, sampling (assays not reported) (T-3198) [Note: maps in T-3198 show Westport Occurrence #1 as being situated due north of the Hewitt Shaft. This location is not correct.] 2008: Fletcher Nickel Inc - LIDAR imagery (T-6167)

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
T-1273 / 63.1899	42A03NE0020	42A03NE0020
T-1273 / 63.1899	42A03NE0020	42A03NE0020
T-2416 / 2.4291	42A06SW0507	42A06SW0507
T-3198 / 2.13381	42A03NE0027	42A03NE0027
T-3198 / 2.11387	42A03NE0028	42A03NE0028
T-2416 / 2.5171	42A03NE0032	42A03NE0032

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Conglomerate	1			Host
Diabase	2	Diabase	Dyke	Intrudes
Granitoid-Unsubdivided	3			Near

Lithology Comments

Jan 25, 2012 (D Draper) - Five holes were drilled on a low hill of coarse conglomerate intruded by a 70ft-wide diabase dyke. Two trenches had previously been sunk at the site. A porphyry dyke occurs 300ft SW of the showing location. (T-1273)

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking	Alteration Intensity	Alteration Style
1	Pyrite	Economic	Gangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 25, 2012 (D Draper) - Grab samples from trench above surface trace of hole 1 returned gold assays up to $4.00 (approx. 0.11 opt Au) Westport drillhole 1 returned 0.70 cents Au over 5ft (approx. 0.02 opt Au gold @ 1938 avg. gold price of $35.20). (T-1273) Amax reported 0.47ppm Au from samples taken near contact with granitic intrusive. (T-2416)

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-6167

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office

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

Location:

MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R161 Page: 66-67 Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:

Map - Peterlong Lake

Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.