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Record: MDI42A05NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fournier Occurrence - 1925, Claim P 10,604 - 1926, Alsof Mines Showing No. 3 - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Dec-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Carscallen

Latitude: 48° 27' .8"    Longitude: -81° 37' 10.42"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454187.2   Northing: 5366527.84    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Trenches

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access to the property is via a series of logging roads that head north from highway 101W.



Exploration History

1925-26: Fournier - prospecting, sampling. 1935: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited - property visit, sampling. 1964: Alsof Mines Limited - mapping, sampling. 1965: Larchmont Mines Ltd. – ground geophysics, mapping. 1965: Fidelity Mining Investments Limited - ground geophysics. 1980: Tegalder Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1991-92: Cambior Inc. – mapping. 2000-01: Falconbridge Ltd. and Prospectors Alliance - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1053 / 63.1687 42A05NE8509 42A05NE8509
T-2366 / 2.3752 42A06NW0302 42A06NW0302
T-4587 / 2.21079 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-933 / 63.1410 42A05NE0353 42A05NE0353

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Lapilli-Tuff 1 Tuff, Lapilli Tuff Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Quartz Porphyry 3 Quartz Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as consisting of native gold in quartz stringers within quartz porphyry dikes which intrude mafic metavolcanics.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples collected by Hollinger in 1935 returned nil gold values. A 3 in wide grab sample collected from a quartz vein in 1964 returned 0.03 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-825, T-3597

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - The townships of Carscallen, Bristol and Ogden, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35G Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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


Map - Carscallen Township

Publication Number: P0023 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 35  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 125  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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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Part - Kamiskotia gold area (District of Cochrane)

Publication Number: ARV34-06.002 Page: 61  Date: 1998

Author: Finley F.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Denton and Carscallen Townships

Publication Number: P3517 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2002

Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Geology of the Kamiskotia area

Publication Number: OFR5829 Date: 1992

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

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Denton and Carscallen Townships

Publication Number: OFR6093 Date: 2002

Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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