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| Record Name(s) | Central Porcupine Mines Property - 1934, McIntyre Mines Ltd. - 1961 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Tisdale
Latitude: 48° 28' 34.4" Longitude: -81° 16' 28.92"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 479698 Northing: 5369269 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: centre of mine hazards
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel east of Timmins on highway 101 to a point just east of Coniaurum Road and head south 350m on a bush road to the site
1919-27: Gold Centre Mines Ltd. – pitting, shaft sinking, DD. circa 1934: Central Porcupine Mines Limited – underground development from Coniaurum Mine, DD-4-3787 ft, UG DD, 7672 ft. 1936-1937. 1941, 1947-48: Central Porcupine Mines Limited – DD-22. 1951-1956: Central Porcupine Mines Limited/ Coniaurum Mines Ltd. – underground development from Coniaurum Mine, UGD 11-19,941 ft. 1959: property sold to McIntyre Porcupine Mines and Dome Mines. 1961-62: McIntyre Mines Ltd. – mine levels 5975 and 7875 foot driven into Central Porcupine Property
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic flow breccia | 1 | Rhyolite | Breccia, Sheared | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains | ||
| Quartz Porphyry | 3 | Quartz | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 06, 2014 (A Wilson) - Central Porcupine Mines DDH 48-2 returned assays ranging from 0.005 oz/t Au over 1.5 ft to 0.03 oz/t Au over 2.5 ft from quartz veins. Assays from other holes in the drill program ranged from nil to 0.005 oz/t Au. McIntyre Porcupine Mines Limited noted that some ore was found on the 5975 ft level on this property.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 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: 109 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-012, T-0339
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - The Porcupine gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-02.001 Page: 72 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1956
Publication Number: ARV66-02 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Page: 130-132 Date: 1968
Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines for the year 1962, volume 72, statistical review of the mineral industry and mining operations for 1962
Publication Number: ARV72 Page: 46-48 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Annual report of the Ontario Department of Mines for the year 1961, volume 71, statistical review of the mineral industry and mining operations for 1961
Publication Number: ARV71 Page: 46-48 Date: 1998
Author: Kelly T.J., Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 101 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Tower W.O., Taylor J.B., Douglass D.P., Bayne A.S., Cave A.E., Cooper D.F., Weir E.B., Webster A.R.
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: 91-92 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2122 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Structural geology, Tisdale Township
Publication Number: P3173 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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