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Record: MDI000000000583

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cincinnati Porcupine Mines Ltd. DDH CP-4 - 1964
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Aug-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Robb

Latitude: 48° 35' 52.02"    Longitude: -81° 37' 57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 453366.003   Northing: 5382938.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: drill collars on sketch in T-1166

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1964-67: Cincinnati Porcupine Mines Ltd. - 3 DD (1786 ft), ground geophysics. 1998: Falconbridge Limited - gravity


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1166 / 63.2097 42A12SE0250 42A12SE0250
T-4005 42A12SE2002 42A12SE2002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex. The Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex overlies and is intruded by the Kamiskotia Gabbroic Complex. The KVC has been dated at 2701± 1.4 to 2698± 1.3 Ma.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill hole intersected a sequence of sheared and chloritized andesite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1Strong
SericiteAlterationSericitization2Strong

Mineralization Comments

Aug 19, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 0.5 foot section of drill core returned 2.03% Cu within sulphide-rich sheared andesite.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1166

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Robb Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0694 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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

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MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Robb and Jamieson townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GPR01 Date: 1998

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

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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Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships

Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative

Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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