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Record: MDI42A05SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alsof Mines Sample 1176 - 1964, Larchmont Property - 1965, Hughes Claim - 1924
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Turnbull

Latitude: 48° 27' 5.46"    Longitude: -81° 36' 4.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455552.002   Northing: 5366661.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1924: Hughes - trenching, sampling. 1963: Rousseau and Larche - staking. 1964: Mespi Mines Limited - airborne geophysics. 1964: Alsof Mines Limited - geology, sampling. 1965: Larchmont Mines Limited - ground geophysics. 1984: Chevron Canada Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1992-96: Cambior Inc. - ground geophysics, geochemistry. 2000-04: Falconbridge Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 2005-06: Claim Post Resources Inc. - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2904 42A05NE0062 42A05NE0062
T-3475 42A05NE0096 42A05NE0096
T-3475 42A05NE0138 42A05NE0138
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-5201 20000000624 20000000624
T-5428 20000001613 20000001613
T-1053 / 63.1687 42A05NE8509 42A05NE8509

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Feb 27, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a series of quartz stringers within a quartz porphyry.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz Monzonite 1 Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 27, 2008 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Alsof Mines Limited in 1964 returned 0.08 oz/t gold.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-825

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Author:

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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:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1087

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 59  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Geology of Turnbull and Godfrey townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5118 Page: 154-155  Date: 1975

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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Part - Kamiskotia gold area (District of Cochrane)

Publication Number: ARV34-06.002 Page: 60  Date: 1998

Author: Finley F.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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:


Map - Kamiskotia Lake gold area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM34F Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Finley F.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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