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MDI42A03NW00011
| Record Name(s) | Cameron-Porcupine - 1923, Claim Trp 8992 - 1926 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bartlett
Latitude: 48° 9' 31.78" Longitude: -81° 18' 34.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 476984.997 Northing: 5334000.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Travel approximately 28 km south from Timmins on the Papakomika road to the Telluride road. Travel 6 km to first good bush road, turning right and travel 3 km west to second road, turning SW to site.
1923: Cameron-Porcupine Gold Mines Limited - trenching, pitting, 3 shafts sunk, 30 ft pit on Vein 2,20 ft pit, 20 ft pit 200 ft west of No 2 Vein and 15 ft pit sunk on No 15 vein. 1960: Canadian North Inca Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, geology. 1974: Granges Exploration Canada - airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1634 | 41P14NE0216 | 41P14NE0216 |
| T-58, 63.1047 | 42A03NW0103 | 42A03NW0103 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Porphyritic | Adjacent |
Jul 09, 2007 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted within narrow quartz veins in porphyritic diorite. The veins strike 290°. The diorite is described as a contact facies of the Peterlong Lake Complex. The quartz veins contain rare sulphides.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 09, 2007 (A Wilson) - Fine free gold was reportedly observed in the test pit on vein No. 15. Assays from samples collected by the Ontario Bureau of Mines in 1925 returned no gold values. Samples collected from the muck piles and trenches by Canadian North Inca Mines Ltd. also returned no gold values. At least 21 veins were identified on the property.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
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: 42A-58 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Bartlett and Geikie townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2364 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Page: 41 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Bartlett Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0745 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of McArthur, Bartlett, Douglas and Geikie townships (Redstone River area), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV35-06.002 Page: 55 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM35H Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Hopkins P.E., Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R161 Page: 42 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury
Publication Number: R171 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: 190 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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