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| Record Name(s) | Newmont DH 296-84-2 - 1984, Solidago Claim Group - 1971 |
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| Date Created | 2008-Mar-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Tisdale
Latitude: 48° 29' 56.28" Longitude: -81° 14' 13.5"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 482486 Northing: 5371788 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Hole collar coordinates per Timmins DCL record TI1369
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1936-37: Solidago Mining Co.: 1 drillhole, centre of claim, mapping, geophysical survey. 1971: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Limited: mapping. 1984, Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd.: DD-1-536 ft., assays
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Argillite | Brecciated | Contains |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Adjacent |
Jan 22, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of interbedded chert and argillite. The argillite is graphitic and locally cherty. Narrow quartz-calcite veinlets cut the argillite. Chalcopyrite is locally associated with these veinlets.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 22, 2014 (D Draper) - A 1-foot sample of interbedded chert and argillite from top of bedrock (51ft downhole) assayed 754 ppb Au and 1100 ppm Cu.
File - Resident Geologist files T-0406, T-2918
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Location: Timmins RGP office
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Page: 133 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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