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| Record Name(s) | Tatachikapika River - 1967, Redsucker Claim Group - 1962 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
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.
1951-62: Dominion Gulf Company and Hollinger Gold MInes Ltd. - ground geophysics, diamond drilling. 1966: Acme Oil and Gas Ltd. - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-0556 / 63.2518 | 42A06SW0079 | 42A06SW0079 |
| T-1291 / 63.1893 | 42A05SE0083 | 42A05SE0083 |
| T-0464 / T-0538 / 63.246 | 42A05SE0097 | 42A05SE0097 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Ultramafic Schist | 2 | Talc-Chlorite | Near |
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.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
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
Location:
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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