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Record: MDI42A05SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tatachikapika River - 1967, Redsucker Claim Group - 1962
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Thorneloe

Latitude: 48° 19' 45.04"    Longitude: -81° 33' 23.17"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458757.18   Northing: 5353037.78    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05SE

Point Location Description: Outcrop

Location Method: Other Literature

Access Description: Easy all weather access is provided by highway 101 and highway 144. A dirt road which follows along the north side of the Tatachikapika River provides access to the interior of the west part of the property. A dirt road off highway 14 south of the Tatachikapika River provides access to the central portion of the east part of the Thorne property.



Exploration History

1951-62: Dominion Gulf Company and Hollinger Gold MInes Ltd. - ground geophysics, diamond drilling. 1966: Acme Oil and Gas Ltd. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0556 / 63.2518 42A06SW0079 42A06SW0079
T-1291 / 63.1893 42A05SE0083 42A05SE0083
T-0464 / T-0538 / 63.246 42A05SE0097 42A05SE0097

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Ultramafic Schist 2 Talc-Chlorite Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of siliceous iron formation at depth. The occurrence is described as two bands of magnetit-pyrrhotite-quartz iron formation that coelesce in the west.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

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: 79  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Thorneloe Township

Publication Number: P0029 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Thorneloe Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2502 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1982

Author: Choudhry A.G.

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:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 477  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - The geology of Keefer, Denton and Thorneloe townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5699 Date: 1989

Author: Choudhry A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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