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| Record Name(s) | Alwyn Porcupine Gold DDH No. 1 - 1946, Bigmarsh Lake Property - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Carscallen
Latitude: 48° 24' 7.2" Longitude: -81° 37' 9.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 454157.201 Northing: 5361167.799 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via a logging road heading north from highway 101W.
1946: Alwyn Porcupine Gold Mines Limited and Carscor Porcupine Mines Ltd.- 7 ddh (3537 ft). 1959-60: Hollinger Consolidated Gold MInes Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1983: Cleyo Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, 10 ddh (1868 ft). 1988: Asarco Exploraiton Co. - OVD. 1992-95: BHP Minerals - ground geophysics, geochemistry. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2008: San Gold Corporation – ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2628 / 63.4340 | 42A05NE0324 | 42A05NE0324 |
| T-5711 / 2.38308 | 20000003013 | 20000003013 |
| T-3228 / 2.11828 | 42A05NE0315 | 42A05NE0315 |
| T-2628 / 2.6137 | 42A05NE1496 | 42A05NE1496 |
| T-674 / 63.1032 | 42A05NE0351 | 42A05NE0351 |
| T-4587 / 2.21079 | 42A06NW2026 | 42A06NW2026 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Sheared | Near |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were returned from a sparsely pyritized quartz-carbonate-rhyolite breccia zone.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.035 oz/t Au over 3 ft from a quartz-carbonate and rhyolite breccia.
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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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 - 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:
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:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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