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Record: MDI000000000431

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rusty Bucket - 2004
Related Record Type Partial
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jan-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Jamieson

Latitude: 48° 32' 29.9"    Longitude: -81° 35' 42.02"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 456082   Northing: 5376675    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: Precise: Sample coordinates given in AF T-5092

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Access to the property is via Highway 101 West 8.3 km from Timmins city center and then northwestwards along Highway 576 for 16.8 km to the Robb and Jamieson Township boundary. Additional access is by a cut all terrain vehicle trail southwards to the No. 2 Zinc Vein, and a walking trail to the "Rusty Bucket" gold showing.



Exploration History

1927, G.Jamieson: Mapping, trenching (T-324) Unk, Unknown: Mapping, sampling, assays (donated map in T-324) 1963, Mespi Mines Limited: Airborne geophysics (T-843) 2004, Daxl and Gryba: Prospecting, sampling (grab), assays, geology, ground geophysics (T-5092) 2005, Claim Post Resources Inc.: Ground geophysics (T-5428) 2006-2007, Claim Post Resources Inc.: Drilling, assays, Beep Mat survey, geochemistry, analysis (T-5529; T-5615; T-5751)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0843 / 63.1310 42B05SW0106 42B05SW0106
T-5092 / 2.28860 42A12SE2024 42A12SE2024
T-5428 / 2.33081 20000001613 20000001613
T-5529 / 2.35168 20000002445 20000002445
T-5615 / 2.36775 20000002944 20000002944
T-5751 / 2.38979 20000003201 20000003201

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Contains
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Felsic Porphyry Contains
Gabbro 3 Gabbro Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jan 29, 2008 (D Draper) - The property has a large sill like gabbroic body intruded by several felsic porphyry dikes and a north-northwest trending diabase dike. The "Rusty Bucket" gold showing is hosted in a carbonated and quartz veined aplite to feldspar to quartz feldspar porphyry. (T-5092)




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 25, 2010 (D Draper) - A trenched shear zone in gabbro exposed rusty carbonates and quartz with visible gold. Grab samples returned up to 2.4 opt Au (82.29 g/t). (Donated map, T-324) Grab samples by Daxl-Gryba returned up to 3582ppb Au (3.58 g/t). (T-5092) Drillhole CP-06-1, collared 110m NW of the site, returned up to 1.65g/t Au over 0.25m from within a 1.06m zone of silicified gabbro averaging 0.5 g/t. (T-5529) Drillhole CP-06-5 was collared approximately 95m SW of trench site and returned 1.3 g/t Au over a half meter. (T-5615)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0324

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Part - Geology of the Robb-Jamieson area

Publication Number: ARV53-04.001 Page: 16  Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Robb-Jamieson area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53C Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G., Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Jamieson Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0695 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Robb and Jamieson townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2255 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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