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| Record Name(s) | Gallagher Estate - 1967, F. Kavanaugh Property - 1927, Carman Township Occurrences - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Carman
Latitude: 48° 24' 3.78" Longitude: -81° 3' 16.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 495967.465 Northing: 5360878.216 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Pits and trenches on patented claim P.7380
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible via the Langmuir/Redstone Road, which extends southward from Tisdale Street in South Porcupine.
1927: F. Kavanaugh - prospecting, sampling.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Carbonatized | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Felsic Tuff | 3 | Rhyolite | Agglomerate, Tuff | Near |
| Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Feldspar | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of discontinuous bands of iron formation in contact with mafic and felsic metavolcanic rocks. Feldspar porphyry dikes intrude all rock types. A 1927 property visit report describes a network of quartz veins in carbonatized mafic metavolcanics that hosts galena-sphalerite-chalcopyrite in the SW corner of former claim P.11963.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1967 returned trace gold. A grab sample collected in the 1920's returned $0.80 Au and 3.9% Cu.
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-138 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-3578
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Night Hawk Lake area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2222 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Carman Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2092 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 109 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Carman Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0356-REV Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R096 Page: 43 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
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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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 - Precambrian Geology of Carman and Langmuir Townships
Publication Number: P3268 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005
Author: Houlé M.G., Guilmette C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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