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| Record Name(s) | Goose Lake Sample #9 - 1957 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2007-Aug-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 27' 22.53" Longitude: -81° 11' 7.8"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 486285 Northing: 5367030 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Centre of NE ¼, S ½, Lot 11, Conc. 1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The claim can be reached by driving 4.8 km south-eastward from the Highway 101-Bruce Street junction in South Porcupine via the Langmuir Mine Road (Tisdale St. South) to a point 0.9 km south of the recently constructed Porcupine Joint Venture haul road overpass. From there, a somewhat overgrown 475 meter long side road running in a north-northeast direction leads to a large old blasted pit in the extreme northwest corner of claim 3005396 [NW ¼, S ½, Lot 11, Conc. I]. An old dozer road leads east from the vicinity of the pit along the north boundary of both claims and ends at the east boundary of claim 3005397 [NE ¼, S ½, Lot 11, Conc. I] about 25 meters south of its northeast corner. (T-5055)
1936-1938: Virita Porcupine Gold Mines Limited - geological reports. 1957:Goose Lake Iron Mines Limited - geological report, sampling 1968: Texas Gulf Sulphur Company -ground geophysical surveys. 1970: Consolidated Morrison Explorations Limited (Warne Option) - geology, sampling and 4 DDH. 1971: Hollinger Mines Limited (Warne Option): 1 drillhole, assays. 2004: J.E. Croxall - prospecting, mapping to delineate siliceous sediments. 2006: Property transferred to Great White Minerals Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1483 / 63.2402 | 42A06NE0211 | 42A06NE0211 |
| T-5055 / 2.28720 | 42A06NE2039 | 42A06NE2039 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
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| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Fragmental | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chert | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 23, 2007 (D Draper) - Sample of iron formation taken from middle of claim in NE ¼, S ½ of Lot 11, Conc. I by Goose Lake returned 27.35% acid soluble Fe. (T-776)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Layered |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0471, T-0769, T-0776, T-1420
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R219 Page: 41-42 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 130-131 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Porcupine gold area, second report
Publication Number: ARV21-01.005 Page: 213 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Structural geology, Whitney Township
Publication Number: P3172 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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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Location:
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