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| Record Name(s) | Bean Lake Occurrence - 1979, Hollinger DDH 1-56 - 1955, Smith-Morrison Property - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Whitesides
Latitude: 48° 24' 33.14" Longitude: -81° 46' 51.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 442207.18 Northing: 5362077.83 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of logging roads heading north from highway 101W.
Pre- 1950: trenching, pitting. 1955: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling (7 holes 1892 ft) 1978-81: Teck-Cominco - ground geophysics, mapping, stripping, trenching. 1985: R. Smith - OVD.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1913, 2.2827 | 42A05NW0120 | 42A05NW0120 |
| T-0596, 11 | 42A05NW8520 | 42A05NW8520 |
| T-0596, 10 | 42A05NW8519 | 42A05NW8519 |
| 2.3497, T-1913 | 42A05NW0119 | 42A05NW0119 |
| 2.4494, T-1913 | 42A05NW0118 | 42A05NW0118 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 3 | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of gabbro intruded by narrow units of mafic metavolcanic rocks. The occurrence also has exposures of iron formation in contact with the Kamiskotia Gabbro Complex.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 1.6 ft section of drill core returned 0.25% Zn. The best assay from drill hole 1-56 returned 0.20% Cu over 3 ft and 0.07% Ni over 3 ft. Grab samples collected from trenches in 1978 returned 0.10% Cu and 0.18% Ni.
File - Resident Geologist file T-2993
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Whitesides Township, District of Cochrane, Timmins data series
Publication Number: P0488 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Kamiskotia-Whitesides area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0633 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Wolfe W.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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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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Mono - Geology of the Kamiskotia area
Publication Number: OFR5829 Page: 73 Date: 1992
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Page: 56-57 Date: 2000
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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