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Record: MDI42A05NE00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cominco DDH Br87-3 - 1987, Allerston Option - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bristol

Latitude: 48° 25' 19.36"    Longitude: -81° 32' 34.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 459827.203   Northing: 5363352.869    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for BR-87-3 (Cominco grid L3+00E, 2+00 N), former claim P413232

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is via a series of bush roads north of highway 101W.



Exploration History

1973-75: R. Allerston - stripping, sampling, diamond drilling. 1975-77: International Nickel Co. - ground geophysics, mapping. 1979-88: Cominco Ltd. - ground geophysics, diamond drilling (7 holes 1400 m), stripping. 1994-95: Teck Corporation - ground geophysics. 1995: R. Allerston - ground geophysics. 1996-98: Prospectors Alliance Corp. - mapping, ground geophysics, 2 ddh (416 m), airborne geophysics. 2000: Falconbridge Limited - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4090 42A05NE2012 42A05NE2012
T-1610, 19 42A05NE8449 42A05NE8449
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-3715 42A05NE0077 42A05NE0077
T-4223 42A05NE2018 42A05NE2018
T-2769 42A05NE8473 42A05NE8473
T-1789, 2.2476 42A06NW8431 42A06NW8431
T-1948, 2.10453 42A06NW8427 42A06NW8427
T-1610, 20 42A05NW8436 42A05NW8436
2.2517, T-1789 42A06NW8471 42A06NW8471
2.2513, T-1789 42A06NW8485 42A06NW8485
2.2300, T-1789 42A06NE8435 42A06NE8435

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Tourmaline Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Porphyritic Near
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Footwall
Claystone 4 Argillite Footwall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ArsenopyriteEconomicGangue
3PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
4SphaleriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected 1.4 m returning 0.025 oz/t Au. This hole was drilled just east of Riocanex hole #7 which reportedly returned 1.13 oz/t Au over 0.5 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Resident Geologist core library

Publication Number: Date: 1901

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File - Resident Geologist file T-3684

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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

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Article - New Geological Mapping and Compilation in the Timmins West Area - Bristol and Ogden Townships

Publication Number: OFR6032.004 Page: 4-1 - 4-11  Date: 2000

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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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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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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