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| Record Name(s) | Two-In-One Property - 1923, United Porcupine Property - 1910, R. Allerston Property - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 27' 43.94" Longitude: -81° 9' 12.42"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488656.001 Northing: 5367686.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel 4 km south of Porcupine on the Concession Road to a bush road that leads 600m south east to the site. The shaft is 18m south of the logging trail.
1910: United Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. and Royal Porcupine Mines Ltd. 1923-31: Two-in-One Gold Mines Limited - shaft to 55 ft. lateral work 82 feet; test pitting. 1934: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. - sampling. 1944: Troup Porcupine Mines Ltd. - DD. 1977-79: Rosario Resources Corp. - airborne geophysics, mapping, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1052/2.2520 | 42A06NE0051 | 42A06NE0051 |
| T-1052/2.2845 | 42A06NE0045 | 42A06NE0045 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Granodiorite | 3 | Adjacent |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The quartz vein was reportedly 20 feet wide and was traced for 600 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - A report by Erie Canadian Mines Ltd (T-718) reports that $35 gold was intersected at 55 foot depth of shaft and that $3 to $15 gold was recovered in schist. Surface grab samples collected from the quartz vein in 1931 returned $4.75 gold. Reports by Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. note that samples collected from underground returned values ranging from $0.40 to $102.12 gold. A grab sample collected by Homestake Mines in the vicinity of the shaft in 1937 returned 0.02 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0718
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Whitney Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2123 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - The Porcupine gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-02.001 Page: 84 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Page: 64-65 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 138 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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: 206 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Map - Geology of the Tisdale and North Whitney Townships
Publication Number: OFM0118 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1988
Author: Kettles K.
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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:
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