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| Record Name(s) | Staten Porcupine Shaft - 1927, Staten Porcupine Pit #1 - 1949, Claim 11395 - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Turnbull
Latitude: 48° 28' 4.13" Longitude: -81° 41' 2.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 449430.002 Northing: 5368524.001 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel the Mallett haulage road for 16 km from highway 101 to the four corners intersection. Turn north on the gravel road and travel 2.4 km. Turn west along the Desantis trail and walk 400 m to the site.
1927-28: Staten Porcupine Gold Mines Limited: pitting and trenching. 1984: Loki Resources Inc. - ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2648 | 42A12SE0506 | 42A12SE0506 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Sheared | Contains |
| Granite | 3 | Adjacent |
Feb 29, 2008 (A Wilson) - Three veins are found on the property. They range in length from 50 to 100 feet in length and from 1-8 feet in width. The veins strike between 260 and 340° and dip 30° N. The veins discontinously follow the contact between the gabbro and the granite
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 29, 2008 (A Wilson) - The pyrite occurs in pockets rather than disseminated throughout the vein. Channel samples from quartz veins on the adjacent claim (P18985) returned value sup to 0.04 oz/t gold over 4 feet. A grab sample collected from the wall rock by the OGS in 1949 returned 0.13 oz/t gold.
File - Resident Geologist files T-319
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Turnbull Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0966 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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 Page: 42A-77 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Turnbull and Godfrey townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2330 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 138 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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.
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Location:
Mono - Geology of Turnbull and Godfrey townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5118 Page: 195-200 Date: 1975
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships
Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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