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| Record Name(s) | Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. DDH MNT08-01 - 2008, North Tisdale Project - 2008 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Mar-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Tisdale
Latitude: 48° 31' 25.96" Longitude: -81° 17' 20.94"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 478650 Northing: 5374570 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SW
Point Location Description: drill collar of MNT08-01
Location Method: Data Compilation
1990-1996: Moneta Porcupine Mines Ltd. – ground geophysics, mapping. 1996: Placer Dome Canada Ltd. – mapping. 2008-2011: Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. – DD-1-353 m, assays, IP survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2727/2.13282 | 42A11SW0201 | 42A11SW0201 |
| T-2727 / 2.18064 | 42A11SW2002 | 42A11SW2002 |
| T-3835 / 2.17061 | 42A11SE0119 | 42A11SE0119 |
| T-5643 / 2.40740 | 20000003946 | 20000003946 |
| T-6386 / 2.51036 | 20000006711 | 20000006711 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Argillite | Adjacent |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Feldspar | Adjacent |
Mar 11, 2014 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of mafic metavolcanics, metasedimentary rocks and porphyry. A graphitic fault zone was intersected between 140 and 143 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 11, 2014 (A Wilson) - : Elevated gold values were recovered from a fault zone in graphitic shale. A 0.5 m section of core assayed 0.96 oz/t Au. Elevated gold values were also returned from a narrow quartz veins. These values range from 0.19 oz/t au to 0.32 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Structural geology, Tisdale Township
Publication Number: P3173 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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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MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Scale: 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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