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| Record Name(s) | McDougall-Porcupine Gold Mines - 1938, McDougall Vet Lot - 1938, McDougall Vet - 1938, D. Meunier Property - 1978, Rosario-Dupont Joint Venture DDH WS81-9 - 1981, ValGold Resources Ltd. - 2007 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 28' 12.19" Longitude: -81° 11' 36.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 485694 Northing: 5368565 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Collar of DDH WS81-9
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1936: McDougall Porcupine Mines Ltd. – DD-7-5000 ft. 1978-81: D. Meunier / Rosario Resources Canada Ltd.– ground geophysics, geological mapping, DD-1-445 ft. 2005-2007: ValGold Resources Ltd. – IP survey, DD-1-300m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1875/ #239/81 | 42A06NE0036 | 42A06NE0036 |
| T-5211/2.30653 | 20000000719 | 20000000719 |
| T-5635/2.36027 | 20000002659 | 20000002659 |
| T-1875/ 35 | 42A06NE0346 | 42A06NE0346 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Near |
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| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 2 | Shear | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Quartz-Feldspar | Intrudes | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 5 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Assays from the initial drilling returned best values of $5.00 Au over 1.1 ft and $12.00 Au over 0.7 ft. The best assay from DDHWS81-9 returned 0.015 oz/t Au over 1 ft in a quartz vein.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
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: 159 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-0767
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Whitney Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2123 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 138 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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.
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