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Record: MDI42A06NE00121

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Agawa Porcupine Property - 1940
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Jun-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Shaw

Latitude: 48° 24' 42.4"    Longitude: -81° 11' 49.91"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 485407.411   Northing: 5362088.105    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: Quartz vein in SW corner of patented claim P13660

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

Agawa Porcupine Gold Mines - trenching, sampling, 3 ddh.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Narrow quartz veins associated with the contact between iron formation and feldspar porphyry returned elevated gold values.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GoldEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned $19.60 Au from a cross vein at the contact of a feldspar dike.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3581

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Township 26, Range 13 [Olsen Township], District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0363 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Armburst G.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5012 Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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