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Record: MDI42A05NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Carscor Porcupine Gold Mines DDH No. 6 - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Carscallen

Latitude: 48° 24' 5.66"    Longitude: -81° 36' 54.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454467.2   Northing: 5361117.8    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Drill hole collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by a series of logging roads heading north from highway 101W.



Exploration History

1946: Carscor Porcupine Mines Ltd. - 3 ddh (2200 ft), ground geophysics. 1959: Hollinger Consolidted Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1985: Kidd Creek Mines - ground geophysics. 1988: Asarco Exploration Co. of Canada Ltd. - OVD. 1989: Noranda Exploration - ground geophysics. 1993-95: BHP Minreals Canada Ltd. - ground geophysics, soil geochemistry. 2000: Explorer Alliance Corp. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3595 / 2.16125 42A05NE0073 42A05NE0073
T-674 / 63.1032 42A05NE0351 42A05NE0351
T-3246 / 2.16015 42A05NE0083 42A05NE0083
T-2865 / 2.7092 42A05NE0325 42A05NE0325
T-3228 / 2.11828 42A05NE0315 42A05NE0315
T-4587 / 2.21079 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-3595 / 2.15107 42A05NE8702 42A05NE8702

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Hanging Wall

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jul 13, 2020 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.75 oz/t Au over 2 ft. A 2.5 ft section of drill core from an adjacent drill hole returned 0.18 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

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: 45  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

Location:


Book - CORE LIBRARY TI0672

Publication Number: core lib Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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.

Publisher Name:

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 - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

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:


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:


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