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| Record Name(s) | Raine-Pyke - 2005 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Feb-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Murphy
Latitude: 48° 32' 19.07" Longitude: -81° 12' 56.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484087 Northing: 5376191.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: UTM coord of sample P-1-05 (converted to NAD83)
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The claim is located approximately 10km NE of Timmins and is best accessed from a secondary road leading north from Hwy 101 in South Porcupine to the Reef mine and then NW to the Tisdale-Whitney township boundary. A winter logging road extends north along the township boundary to the SE corner of Murphy Twp.
2005 - B. Raine, D. Pyke: Prospecting, sampling, assays (T-5171)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5171 / 2.29979 | 20000000423 | 20000000423 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Calcite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Sheared | Contains |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Magnesium Tholeiite | Pillowed To Massive | Near |
Feb 19, 2008 (D Draper) - A 30cm-wide quartz-calcite vein, trending 020/75W occurs within sheared basalt near the SE margin of the area of outcrop. The vein appears brecciated with grey quartz fragments enclosed in a white quartz matrix. Only a trace of sulphide was observed.
Feb 19, 2008 (D Draper) - Sample P-1-05 of a qtz-calcite vein returned 598ppb Au.
Map - Murphy Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0255 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Murphy and Wark Townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5994 Date: 1999
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Murphy and Wark Townships
Publication Number: P3305-REV Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1999
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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