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| Record Name(s) | Consolidated Novell - 1964, Excello - 1933, Furness Mines - 1927, James Property - 1909, Whalen-James - 1909, Claim Hr887 - 1927, Dougherty Syndicate - 1930, Novell Porcupine - 1940 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jan-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Deloro
Latitude: 48° 25' 49.38" Longitude: -81° 12' 28.62"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 484617.412 Northing: 5364158.104 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: 65' Incline shaft on HR 888 (Deloro Tp.)
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Northwest part of property is now covered by Dome Mine tailings.
1909 or 1910: claims staked, known as James property. 1909-1924: surface work by owners James and Whalen. Before 1925: 15 pits and 2 shafts exploring 17 separate veins. Before 1927: known as Whalen-James property. 1927-1928: Furness Gold Mines Limited sank a 2 compartment shaft on claim HR 887 to a depth of 155ft with a level at 125ft with 441ft of drifting (AR 37-1, AR 38-1). MRC 13 indicates work done by Furness was between 1925-1928 with 1200ft of drifting on the main shaft and two other shafts to 50ft and 65ft. AR 44-1 indicates 1200ft of drifting on 125 level by 1934. T-4 indicates that amount and timing of additional drifting on 125 level disputed but between 900-1200ft. Before 1933: held by Dougherty Syndicate. 1933-1934: Excello Mines Limited - incorporated in 1933, surface trenching and diamond drilling. 1934: no mining plant on the property when inspected in August 1934. 1940: Novell Porcupine Gold Mines Limited - reports 3 shafts with 50 and 60 ft inclined and a 25ft vertical shaft on HR888 and 155ft shaft on HR887, states no diamond drilling in property history which conflicts with information in AR 44-1. 1944, 1953: Novell Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd - diamond drilled 5000ft. 1964-1965: Consolidated Novell Mines Limited - geophysical and geological surveys and sampling. 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - mapped, sampled, and found prexisting workings including 20 trenches and pits and four shafts, 1 diamond drillhole (46m). 1984-1985: - Diplomat Resources Inc. - ground magnetic and VLF-EM survey, stripping, dewatering and mapping of old workings, sampling, and trenching. Report includes results from 4 drillholes drilled by Amax in 1981. 1987: Tyranex Gold Inc. - ground magnetic survey. 1988: Mill City Gold Inc. drilled a 502 ft diamond drillhole on HR 888, assays not included with the log; 1993-94: F. Renaudat - prospecting, assays, ground geophysics, mapping, trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3150, 35 | 42A06NE0402 | 42A06NE0402 |
| T-2708, 2.10457 | 42A06NE0357 | 42A06NE0357 |
| T-1978, 2.3367 | 42A06NE0007 | 42A06NE0007 |
| T-3713, 2.16035 | 42A06NE0015 | 42A06NE0015 |
| T-2966, 63.4725 | 42A06NE0442 | 42A06NE0442 |
| 2.4330, T-1978 | 42A06NW8408 | 42A06NW8408 |
| 25, T-1978 | 42A06NE8409 | 42A06NE8409 |
| 2.8154, T-2966 | 42A06NE0451 | 42A06NE0451 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: L. Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - The northeast corner of Deloro township, south of the Destor Porcupine Fault, is underlain by mafic to intermediate and felsic to intermediate calc-alkalic flows and pyroclastics of the Deloro Group. Iron formation is commonly found through the flows and a thick band separates the mafic to intermediate and felsic to intermediate flows. Porcupine sediments are found north of the Deloro Group followed by the komatiitic ultramafic volcanics of the Tisdale group. Locally quartz feldspar porphyries intrude the sequence. Diabase dikes of the Matachewan and Abitibi dike swarms are present.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt And Andesite | Flows Sometimes Pillowed And Pyroclastic | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicate Ironstone | 2 | Siliceous, Pyritic | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Flows And Pyroclastics | Near | |
| Diabase | 5 | Diabase | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - The property is underlain by mafic and intermediate flows and pyroclastics of the Upper Deloro Group. The flows are pillowed or fragmental locally ranging from tuffs to agglomerates. Iron formation is common throughout the property. Diabase dikes of the Abitibi and Matachewan dike swarms are present. Quartz veins can be found in most of the lithologies. A quartz vein system which follows a pyritic sediment or iron formation contains anomalous amounts of gold. High gold values have historically been reported from other iron formations and veins on the property but have not been reproduced. A quartz vein historically reported to contain visible gold and tellurides has not been located in recent work. More recent sampling has returned anomalous gold values from sampling and drilling around the shafts on HR 888.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Fuchsite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - An anomalous zone grading 0.7 g/t Au over 2 m; 2.1 g/t Au over 2 m was observed by F. Renaudat in 1993.
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Historic: report gives gold assays of up to $800 (year unknown but prior to 1935 and therefore >23opt) with reports of visible gold and tellurides. These results have not been reproduced (T-0004). 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration sampled altered pyritic sediment and received gold assays of 9ppm and 0.5ppm. The values were in the vicinity of quartz veins but quartz veins sampled in the unit gave values of trace to nil (T-1978). 1985: Diplomat Resources Inc. received a gold assay of 0.01opt from a 1ft chip sample of roof of the 55ft inclined shaft. A 1ft chip sample of iron formation and quartz vein returned a gold value of 0.036opt from the 65ft inclined shaft. Gold values of 0.012, 0.022, 0.014, and 0.038opt were returned from 1ft chip samples across quartz veins, iron formation, and underlying metavolcanics in the iron formation to the east of the shafts on HR888. Diplomat Resources Inc. also reported that Amax Minerals Exploration intersected 1.44ppm of gold in a 2m wide quartz vein in diamond drillhole 1043-14-3 near the 55ft shaft on claim HR888 (T-2966). Tourmaline is commonly present in the veins and rarely fuchsite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite are present (T-1978).
File - Resident Geologist file T-0004
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
Publication - 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-128 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 - Deloro Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0342 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 103 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Deloro Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2079 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Sangster P.J., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 88 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Map of the Porcupine gold area, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM19C Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Map of the Porcupine gold area, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM20E Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Rogers W.R., Knight C.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Map of the Porcupine gold area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM21A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G., Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Part of the Porcupine gold area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM33A Scale: 1:24,000 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Porcupine area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47A Scale: 1:24,000 Date: 1997
Author: Hurst M.E.
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:
Part - Ontario gold deposits, their character, distribution and productiveness
Publication Number: ARV30-02 Page: 11, 34 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1927
Publication Number: ARV37-01.003 Page: 105 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Sinclair D.G., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1928
Publication Number: ARV38-01.003 Page: 105-106 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Jarrett G.S., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1934
Publication Number: ARV44-01.003 Page: 92-93 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1946
Publication Number: CMH 1946 Page: 227, 360 Date: 1946
Author: Northland Associates Ltd.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
File - Diplomat Resources Inc.
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP 1 Date: 1984
Author: George Cross Newsletter
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP Files
File - Diplomat Resources Inc.
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP 2 Date: 1985
Author: George Cross Newsletter
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP Files
File - Diplomat Resources Inc., For the Record
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP 4 Date: 1985
Author: George Cross Newsletter
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP Files
File - Diplomat Resources Inc.
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP 3 Date: 1985
Author: Northern Miner Press
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP Files
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Study of Former Mine Workings in the City of Timmins - Part A
Publication Number: Page: 43 Date: 1985
Author: Watts, Griffis and McOuat
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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