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| Record Name(s) | Triple Lake Porcupine Gold Mines - 1933, Spence Claim T.R.P. 11209 - 1926, Donaldson Claims - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper, Silver
Township or Area: McArthur
Latitude: 48° 12' 17.74" Longitude: -81° 17' 8.07"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 478782 Northing: 5339117 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03NW
Point Location Description: filled shaft
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Travel south from Timmins for 28 km along the Papakomika road to the McArthur Lake road. Travel another 1.8 km to Triple Lake. The site lies just off the main road down near the lake on the side of a steep hill.
1925: Spence - pitting, sampling. 1927-32: Triple Lake Porcupine Gold Mines - 2-compartment shaft up to 55 ft, DD-2, production. 1938: Erie Canadian Mines - property visit, sampling. (T-761) 1966: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysics. (T-1273) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics. (T-2416) 1980-82: Lacana Mining Corporation - ground geophysics, DD 5- 424 m, geology (T-2467) 1985: R. Lavoie - ground geophysics (T-3016) 1986-87: United Kingdome Energy Inc. - ground geophysics, OVD 21- 510 m, DD -3-609 m (T-3098) 1996: R. Lavoie - ground geophysics, trenching, sampling, assays (T-3016) 1998: International PBX Ventures Ltd. - ground geophysics (T-4004) 1991: BHP Minerals Canada Limited - sampling, assays (T-3480) 2007: Richmond Minerals Inc. - sampling, assays (press release, Mar. 26, 2008) 2010: Knick Exploration Inc. - property acquisition, sampling, assays (NI43-101 report)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3016 / 2.16596 | 42A03NW0012 | 42A03NW0012 |
| T-3098 / 2.10492 | 42A03NW0002 | 42A03NW0002 |
| T-1273 / 63.1899 | 42A03NE0020 | 42A03NE0020 |
| T-2416 / 2.4291 | 42A06SW0507 | 42A06SW0507 |
| T-2467 | 42A03NW0015 | 42A03NW0015 |
| T-3480 / 2.15008 | 42A03NE8838 | 42A03NE8838 |
| T-4004 / 2.18513 | 42A03NW2001 | 42A03NW2001 |
| T-3016 / 2.8595 | 42A03NW0004 | 42A03NW0004 |
| T-2467 / 2.4283 | 42A03NW0014 | 42A03NW0014 |
| T-3098 / 2.9555 | 42A03NW0003 | 42A03NW0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolite | Adjacent | |
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Near |
Jul 12, 2007 (A Wilson) - A quartz-carbonate vein lies at the contact between intermediate tuffs and lapilli tuffs and a gabbro/diorite. The vein is described as irregular, varying from 2-5 ft in width. The vein strikes 65° and dips 20° to the south at the surface. Diamond drilling in the vicinity intersected silicified intermediate metavolcanics that are locally sulphide rich.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 31, 2012 (D Draper) - A sample taken at the Triple Lake showing by BHP Minerals in 1991 assayed 1830 ppm Cu and over 10,000 ppb Au. Sample was of quartz veining mineralized with 5-10% py and cpy. (T-3480) Sampling by Richmond Minerals returned gold values up to 41.38 gpt. (Press release) Another quartz vein sample (#16259) taken by Kick Exploration assayed 3.65 gpt Au and 1.155% Cu. (pp. 8-9, NI43-101 report)
Aug 23, 2012 (A Wilson) - Visible gold was reported in a quartz vein within metavolcanics. In 1932 gold valued at $2,738 was recovered from 155 tons (1932 Au @ $23.35; production = 117.26 oz). Channel samples collected by Erie Canadian returned values up to $8.40 from the vein between the shaft and the lake. Drilling by Lacana intersected a 40-50 ft wide mineralized zone which yielded anomalous gold values up to 0.02 oz/t over 5 ft. Grab samples collected by Lacana returned values up to 0.8 oz/t Au and 1 oz/t Ag over 3 ft. (T-2467)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0761, T-2467, T-3098
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, McArthur Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0631 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Geology of McArthur, Bartlett, Douglas and Geikie townships (Redstone River area), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV35-06.002 Page: 53-54 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Richmond Minerals Inc. – Exploration Update, Mar. 26, 2008
Publication Number: Date: 2008
Author: M. Goldman, Richmond Minerals
Publisher Name: Canada Newswire
Location: Timmins RGO newsclipping library
Map - McArthur and Douglas townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2363 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Statistical review of the mineral industry of Ontario for 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.001 Page: facing 14 Date: 1997
Author: Young A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - NI 43-101 Technical Report Pertaining to: Triple Lake Property
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2011
Author: Donald Théberge
Publisher Name: Knick Exploration Inc.
Location: Timmins RGO library
Map - Peterlong Lake
Publication Number: M2345 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R161 Page: 44, 45 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of McArthur Township
Publication Number: P3583 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2007
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury
Publication Number: R171 Page: 41 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 210 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 8 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Article - Geological and Mineral Potential of McArthur Township in the Bartlett Dome, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR6192.006 Page: 6.1-6.14 Date: 2006
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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