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Record: MDI42A05NE00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Westfield Cabin Zone - 1985, D. J. McDonnell Shaft - 1910, Allerston Option - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Bristol

Latitude: 48° 25' 44.87"    Longitude: -81° 33' 11.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 459078.206   Northing: 5364145.867    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Shaft on former claim P.1243

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: The site is located approximately 4.5 km north of highway 101 W along a series of bush roads. The site is 1 km west of a main gravel road on an old bush road that leads to a hunt camp.



Exploration History

1910-16: D. J. McDonnell - discovery, pitting, trenching. 1985: Westfield Minerals Ltd. - stripping, trenching, sampling, mapping, ground geophysics. 1986-88: Comico Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 1998: Prospectors Alliance Corp. - 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-1610, 20 42A05NW8436 42A05NW8436
T-1789, 2.2476 42A06NW8431 42A06NW8431
T-1948, 2.3045 42A05NE0011 42A05NE0011
T-2938, 2.8601 42A05NE8498 42A05NE8498
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-4260 41O16SW2003 41O16SW2003
2.2517, T-1789 42A06NW8471 42A06NW8471
2.2513, T-1789 42A06NW8485 42A06NW8485
2.2300, T-1789 42A06NE8435 42A06NE8435
2.10453, T-1948 42A06NW8427 42A06NW8427
2.10188, T-1948 42A06NW8499 42A06NW8499

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 Host
Felsic Schist 2 Rhyolite Schistose Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from a grab sample collected by Westfield returned 0.025 oz/t au from an old trench. Grabs from the waste dump returned 1430 ppb Au and 104 ppm Mo, and 1900 ppb Au (Westfield).



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of Bristol Township

Publication Number: ARV66-07 Page: 29  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:


Core - Resident Geologist Core Library

Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


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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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.

Publisher Name:

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Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 32  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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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

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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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