Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Ester-Porcupine Showing - 1945, Wilson Porcupine Gold Group - 1938, Rosario DDH Ws81-5 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Shaw
Latitude: 48° 26' 32.88" Longitude: -81° 7' 32.83"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 490697.459 Northing: 5365488.178 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Drill collar for Rosario Resources DDH WS81-5
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive south from South procupine along the Springs Road towards tha Langmuir Mine.
1938: Wilson Porcupine Gold Mining Syndicate - property visit by Erie Canadian Mines. 1945: Ester-Porcupine Mines Ltd. - prospecting. 1980: Rosario Resources Ltd. - geology, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (171 ft). 1988-89: Total Energold Corp./AJM Metals - geochemical survey, mapping, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2320, 2.3401 | 42A06NE1306 | 42A06NE1306 |
| T-3268, 2.12109 | 42A06NE0351 | 42A06NE0351 |
| 30, T-2320 | 42A06NE0302 | 42A06NE0302 |
| 2.12163, T-3268 | 42A06NE0300 | 42A06NE0300 |
| 2.12805, T-3268 | 42A06NE0359 | 42A06NE0359 |
| 2.12785, T-3268 | 42A06NE0350 | 42A06NE0350 |
| 2.12705, T-3268 | 42A06NE0347 | 42A06NE0347 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Carbonatized | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Argillite | Hanging Wall | |
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Komatiite | Footwall | |
| Magnetite Ironstone | 4 | Chert-Argillite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted in a fuchsitic-altered iron formation close to the contact between the overlying bedded argillite and the chert-fuchsite-iron formation that was interpreted to be an ultramafic tuff.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | ||||
| Fuchsite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Samples collected from the muck piles of two prospecting pits reportedly returned values as high as $17.00 Au. Low gold values were returned from the Rosario Resources diamond drilling program.
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-131 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-199
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 111 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Moss Lake area (south part), District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0393 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Harris F.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: 136 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, 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 - 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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