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Record: MDI42A05NE00084

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alsof Mines Showing No. 2 - 1964, Larchmont Occurrence - 1965, Claim P.7507 - 1926, Hocken Property - 1941, Villeneuve Property - 1937, Four Corners Property - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Dec-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Carscallen

Latitude: 48° 26' 34.92"    Longitude: -81° 36' 3.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455557.21   Northing: 5365717.84    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Grab sample on vein in former claim P.52950

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1951: Kennco Exploration Limited - mapping. 1964: Mespi Mines Ltd. airborne geophysics. 1964: Alsof Mines Ltd. - mapping, sampling. 1965: Larchmont Mines ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, 2 ddh (458 ft). 1980: Tegalder Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1984: Chevron Minerals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping. 1991-92: Cambior Inc. - mapping, soil geochemistry. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-787 / 63.1289 42A12SE0272 42A12SE0272
T-1053 / 42A05NE0359 42A05NE0359
T-2904 / 2.7942 42A05NE0107 42A05NE0107
T-3047 / 2.9012 42A05NE0254 42A05NE0254
T-2366 / 2.3752 42A06NW0302 42A06NW0302
T-1053 / 63.1687 42A05NE8509 42A05NE8509
T-3475 / 2.14669 42A05NE0138 42A05NE0138
T-787 / 63.1327 42A13SE0096 42A13SE0096
T-2904 / 2.7423 42A05NE0062 42A05NE0062

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Tuff 1 Rhyolite Tuff, Lapilli Tuff Adjacent
Quartz Porphyry 2 Quartz Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz- Carbonate Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Quartz-carbonate veins occur in porphyry and rhyolite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay for a grab sample collected by Alsof Mines Limited returned 0.54 oz/t Au. The best drill intersection returned an assay of 0.05 oz/t Au over 1.8 ft.


Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - NO GOLD OR SILVER IN LOG.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-504, T-825, T-3597

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Author:

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


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

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 35  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 125  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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

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MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Denton and Carscallen Townships

Publication Number: OFR6093 Page: 50  Date: 2002

Author: Hall L.A.F., Smith M.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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