Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Amshaw Float - 1946, Amshaw Porcupine Occurrence - 1946 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Shaw
Latitude: 48° 25' 10.02" Longitude: -81° 6' 39.83"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 491782.453 Northing: 5362928.17 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Boulder in southwest corner of former claim P.29466
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible via the Langmuir/Redstone Road, which extends southward from Tisdale Street in South Porcupine. Drive southeast for approximately 10 km to a private road located at the bridge crossing to the Redstone River. A 3 km long ATV trail north from this private road is used to access the property.
1946-50: Amshaw Porcupine Mines Limited: mapping, ground geophysics, sampling. 1988-89: Total Energold Corp/AJM Metals - geochemical survey, mapping, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-142, 63.97 | 42A06NE0339 | 42A06NE0339 |
| T-3268, 2.12785 | 42A06NE0350 | 42A06NE0350 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - An elevated gold value was obtained form a chip sample from a large iron boulder. The exposed rock consists of uniform and pillowed andesite, fragmental lava and banded siliceous iron formation with bands varying from a few feet to 60 feet in thickness. These rocks are intruded locally by serpentine, syenite and granodiorite and a NNW trending diabase dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab assay from a large iron boulder ran $5.60 (0.15 oz/t Au).
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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: 42A-92 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Timmins data series, Shaw Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2091 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Shaw Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0343 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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 Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 106-107 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 136 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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