Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Amshaw Occurrence - 1946, Anshaw West - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Jun-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Shaw
Latitude: 48° 25' 37.8" Longitude: -81° 7' 57.03"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 490197.448 Northing: 5363788.159 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Trench on former claim P.15981
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible via the Langmuir/Redstone Road, which extends southward from Tisdale Street in South Porcupine. Drive southeast for approximately 10 km.
1946-50: Amshaw-Porcupine Mines Ltd. - prospecting, trenching, stripping, mapping, ground geophysics, 4 ddh. 1988-89: Total Energold Corp./AJM Metals - geochemical survey, mapping, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-142, 63.97 | 42A06NE0339 | 42A06NE0339 |
| T-3268, 2.12163 | 42A06NE0300 | 42A06NE0300 |
| 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 | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Tourmaline-Carb | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The exposed rock consists of uniform and pillowed andesite, fragmental lava and banded siliceous iron formation with bands varying from a few feet to 60 feet in thickness. These rocks are intruded locally by serpentine, syenite and granodiorite and a NNW trending diabase dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample retrned assays up to $2.45.
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:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 105-106 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 42A-91 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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.
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Location:
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