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Record: MDI42A05SE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge DDH 617-3-86 - 1986, Comstate Option PN 617 - 1986, G. Derby Claims - 1938, Thibault-Derby Group - 1938, Maryland Porcupine Property - 1940
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Thorneloe

Latitude: 48° 20' 45.86"    Longitude: -81° 30' 8.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 462787.18   Northing: 5354887.82    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for DDH 617-3-86 at L20W 13+50 N

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a bush road heading east from highway 144.



Exploration History

1983: Kerr Addison Mines Limited - ground geophysics1985: Comstate Resources - mapping, geochemistry. 1986: Falconbridge Ltd. - 1 ddh (318 m), ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2961 / 42A06SW0096 42A06SW0096 42A06SW0096
T-3051 / 42A06SW0093 42A06SW0093 42A06SW0093
T-3051 / 27 42A05SE0064 42A05SE0064
T-3051 / 28 42A05SE0068 42A05SE0068
T-3051 / 42A06SW0094 42A06SW0094 42A06SW0094
T-2961 / 42A06SW0095 42A06SW0095 42A06SW0095
T-2619 / 42A06SW0100 42A06SW0100 42A06SW0100

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Greywacke Near
Intermediate Lapilli-Tuff 3 Lapilli Tuff Footwall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - A 1.13 m section of drill core returned 2090 ppb Au from a silicified, epidotized zone in greywacke. A 1 m section of lapilli tuff returned an assay of 2470 ppb Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0082

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: OFR5699 Page: 70, 120  Date: 1989

Author: Choudhry A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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

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Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area

Publication Number: ARV47-04 Page: 19  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

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.

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 20  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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