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Record: MDI42A05NE00088

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alsof Mines Showing No. 1 - 1964, Kennco Property - 1951, Hocken Property - 1941, Larchmont Occurrence - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Mar-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Godfrey

Latitude: 48° 27' 4.12"    Longitude: -81° 35' 47.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455886.998   Northing: 5366616.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: Trench

Location Method: Based on Assessment

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



Exploration History

1939: W. Hocken - sampling. 1951-52: Kennco Exploration Limited - mapping, prospecting. 1964: Mespi Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1964: Alsof Mines Ltd. - mapping, sampling. 1965: Larchmont Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, 3 ddh (1202 ft). 1980: Tegalder Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1992-96: R. Mathieu - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics, mapping. 1998: Findore Gold Resources Ltd. - DD-3-331m. 2006: Big Red Diamond Co. - geochemistry.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3515 42A05NE0074 42A05NE0074
T-3963 42A05NE2008 42A05NE2008
T-5401 20000001573 20000001573
T-3515 42A05NE0507 42A05NE0507
T-3515 42A05NE0028 42A05NE0028
T-3515 42A05NE0089 42A05NE0089

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Rhyolite Adjacent
Quartz Porphyry 2 Quartz Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 20, 2008 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from trenches by Sylvanite Gold Mines in 1941 returned values up to $68.00 Au. Grab samples collected by Alsof returned values as high as 4.51 oz/t Au. Grab samples collected by R. Mathieu returned assays up to 7.75 oz/t gold and 13.82 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3604

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Turnbull Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0966 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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: 42A-50  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Geological series, Godfrey Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0967 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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.

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Part - Geology of Godfrey Township

Publication Number: ARV63-07 Page: 41  Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Turnbull and Godfrey townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2330 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative

Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships

Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Timmins data series, Godfrey Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2075 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Township of Godfrey, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-04 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships

Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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