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| Record Name(s) | Foley - O'Brien Prospect - 1909 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Discretionary 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' 52.92" Longitude: -81° 13' 13.72"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 483707 Northing: 5369828 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1909-14: Foley-O’Brien Ltd. – stripping, pitting, shaft sinking, underground development, DD-6-2477 ft. 1934-35: Foley-O’Brien Corporation Ltd. – trenching, sampling DD-17-14,757 ft, UGDD-5-2882 ft. 1960-63: Dome Mines Ltd. – UG development, DD, geochemistry
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Host | ||
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Greywacke | Adjacent |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - Mafic metavolcanic rocks are overlain by Timiskaming greywacke. A vein in the greywacke strikes east.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0036
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV19-01.003 Page: 123 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 97 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1935
Publication Number: ARV45-01.003 Page: 106-107 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV20-01.003 Page: 98 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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: 134 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV23-01.003 Page: 160 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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:
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 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:
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:
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:
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