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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) TimGinn DH 14 - 1994
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Feb-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Tisdale

Latitude: 48° 28' 51.12"    Longitude: -81° 19' 9.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 476405   Northing: 5369798    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Plotted collar coordinates of Timmins DCL hole TI4355 (#14)

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1994-1995, 2003 - Timginn Syndicate: DD-1-182m, assays (T-3787 and Timmins DCL records)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3787 / OM94-42 42A06NW2050 42A06NW2050

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Porphyry-unsubdivided 1 Contains
Intermediate pillowed flow 2 Andesite, Basalt Pillowed, Amydaloidal, Massive Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a 6.8 m section of porphyry which contained sub-rounded to euhedral feldspar crystals up to 5 mm in size. The remainder of the drill hole is comprised of uniform andesite/basalt. Between 142 and 152 m the drill log indicates the presence of pillows. Spherulitic andesite also was observed between 163 and 167m.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 23, 2014 (D Draper) - Hole 14 (az. 150, dip -45): A porphyry intersected at the top of the hole returned 27.3 ppm Ag over 0.3m. A unit of massive intermediate metavolcanic at 152.75m assayed 32.4 ppm Ag, also over 0.3m. A 0.3 m section of andesitic core assayed 1723 ppm Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3787 (OM95-82)

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Location: Timmins RGP office


MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R058 Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology of Tisdale Township and Parts of Deloro, Mountjoy and Ogden Townships

Publication Number: P3555 Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2005

Author: Bateman R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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Publication - Timmins DCL record TI4362

Publication Number: TI4362 Date: 2003

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Mono - Structural geology of Tisdale and Whitney townships, Abitibi greenstone belt, District of Cochrane, northeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5768 Date: 1991

Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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