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Record: MDI42A03NW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Harrison Claims - 1924, Claim TRP 10828 - 1925, Paymaster Claim 44518 - 1960
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-17
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: McArthur

Latitude: 48° 11' 45.4"    Longitude: -81° 15' 39.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 480614   Northing: 5338112    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NW

Point Location Description: Shaft on former claim TRP 110828 (on hydro line)

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1924-26: stripping, trenching, 50 ft shaft; sampling 1959-60: Paymaster Consolidated Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, geology (T-526) 1966: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysics. (T-1273) 1972: Texas Gulf Sulphur Company - ground geophysics (T-77) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics. (T-2416) 1990-1993: BHP Minerals Canada Limited - ground geophysics, mapping, geochemical survey (T-3480) 2008: Fletcher Nickel Inc - LIDAR imagery (T-6167)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0526 / 63.1027 42A03NE0094 42A03NE0094
T-1273 / 63.1899 42A03NE0020 42A03NE0020
T-2416 / 2.4291 42A06SW0507 42A06SW0507
T-3480 / 2.14524 42A03NE0014 42A03NE0014
T-0077 / 2.745 42A03NE0040 42A03NE0040

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Contains
Oxide Ironstone 2 Oxide-Facies Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Near
Olivine Gabbro 4 Olivine Diabase Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
4MagnetiteEconomicOre
1GalenaEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 23, 2012 (D Draper) - High gold values were reported but no verification is on file in the Timmins RGO. (AR Vol 35, pt. 6, p.53)



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
2 Sedimentary
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-6167 (2.44285)

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

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Part - Geology of McArthur, Bartlett, Douglas and Geikie townships (Redstone River area), District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: ARV35-06.002 Page: 53  Date: 1998

Author: Bruce E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology of McArthur Township

Publication Number: P3583 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2007

Author: Houlé M.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 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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