Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Costello Property - 2008, Spina Porcupine Claim 4493 - 1918, Phillips Claim - 1911 |
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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-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Bristol
Latitude: 48° 23' 17.7" Longitude: -81° 31' 34.62"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 461037.186 Northing: 5359587.867 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop on Map 1957-7
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by bush road south of highway 101W.
1911: A. Phillips - staking. 1918: P. Spina: property acquisition, stripping, trenching. 1944: Spina Porcupine Mines Ltd. 7 ddh (1747 ft), ground geophysics. 2008: VenCan Gold Corporation - data review. 2008-2009: Red Pine Exploration Inc. ground geophysics, trenching, soil sampling. 2009: West Timmins Mining Inc. - property acquisition
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz- Tourmaline | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Greywacke | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a narrow quartz-tourmaline shear in greywacke.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from the property returned 1.60 dwt Au in 1944. The best assay from drill core returned $0.70 Au over 2 ft. Channel samples collected by Red Pine in 2008 returned assays of 1.68 g/t Au over 15 cm, 0.22 g/t Au over 30 cm, 0.24 g/t Au over 15 cm and 0.68 g/t Au over 1.5 m
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 9 |
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: 76 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-553
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Bristol Township, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1957-07 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 19-21 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Timmins West - Bristol and Ogden Townships
Publication Number: P3436 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2001
Author: Vaillancourt C., Pickett C.L., Dinel E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of Bristol Township
Publication Number: ARV66-07 Page: 34-35 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 124 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2000
Publication Number: OFR6032 Page: 4.1-4.11 Date: 2000
Author: Ayer J.A., Baker C.L., Kelly R.I., Parker J.R., Stott G.M., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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.
Publisher Name:
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area
Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - VenCan Gold Corporation. - press releases
Publication Number: clippings Date: 2008
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Publication - Red Pine Exploration Inc. - press releases
Publication Number: clippings Date: 2009
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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