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| Record Name(s) | Tommy Burns Vein - 1921, M&M Porcupine - 1964, Arcadia - 1937, Malga Property - 1944 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1984-May-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Shaw
Latitude: 48° 22' 56.5" Longitude: -81° 5' 7.16"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 493682.459 Northing: 5358803.153 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Shaft on claim P 8300
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Stringer Road south of the towns of South Porcupine. Drive south for approximately 12 km to where the road crosses Croteau Creek. A disused bush road heads east from the main road. The shaft is located approximately 1.2 km east of the main road.
1917: Tommy Burns Gold Mining Co. - 21 tons milled. 1921-22: Tommy Burns Gold Mines Ltd. - 2 shafts sunk on claims ED 372 and ED 372; trenching; No. 1 shaft sunk to 105 feet, lateral development. 1921-22: Triplex Gold Mines Ltd. - No. 2 shaft sunk to 125 feet, lateral development. 1937: Arcadia Gold Mines Ltd. -trenching, surface drilling and sampling of the underground workings. 1938: Credo Porpcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - test pits, 5015 feet surface diamond drilling. 1942: Wolfsteve Mining and development Company Ltd. - 800 tons of ore taken from open cut, 292 tons of ore milled at Buffalo Ankerite. 1944-46: Malga Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - No 3 shaft sunk to 221 feet on claim ED373, 14000 feet diamond drilling. 1964-64: M and M Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground magnetic survey, bulk sampling, 2200 feet diamond drilling, underground work 1984: Kidd Creek Mines - 58 ddh (2439 m)(T-80).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1208 | ||
| T-142 | ||
| T-80, T-142, T-1208 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2725 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 6000
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Altered | Footwall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphide Ironstone | 2 | Sulphide-Facies | Folded | Host |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Amygdaloidal | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Secondary quartz and carbonate veins contain gold mineralization in the vicinity of two local drag folds in banded iron formation. The iron formation is overlain by volcanic agglomerate and by pillow lava and amygdaloidal andesites. The iron formation is underlain by highly carbonated basalt. Several sills of fine-grained felsite intrude the lavas. The best gold values are found on either the footwall or hanging wall of the iron formation. Three separate veins are found on the original property, the Tommy Burns, the Macklem and the Carshaw.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The average grade from 11 samples collected from the Main Cut in 1930 was $9.90 over 5 ft. 6 in. Three samples collected between the main cut and the shaft averaged $16.30 over 7 feet. In the south trench 6 samples averaged $11.27 over 5 ft. 2 in.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Epithermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 487 | 10 | 20 | 25 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphide Zone | 1968 | Unclassified | 68025 | Resident Geologist file T-80 | 70-80000 tons at 0.23 oz/ton | Gold 6.9 g/t |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 19 |
Gold 5.9 Ounces |
MDI | Exhausted; 1917; average grade 0.28 oz/ton |
Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1968
Publication Number: CMH 1968 Page: 210 Date: 1968
Author: Northern Miner Press
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
File - Resident Geologist files T-80, T-142, T-1208
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
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:
Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in 1989
Publication Number: MR 223 Page: ONT-273 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Location: Timmins RGP
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-204 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Shaw Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0343 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.003 Page: 107 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 65 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1937
Publication Number: ARV47-01.003 Page: 87 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:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1942
Publication Number: ARV52-01.003 Page: 198-199 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Taylor J.B., Little E.S., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1946
Publication Number: ARV56-02 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Kirk A.T., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L., Barrett C.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 112-114 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
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: 88-89 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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