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Record: MDI42A06NE00132

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Edgewater DDH 13 - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Mar-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Carman

Latitude: 48° 26' 31.19"    Longitude: -81° 0' 48.31"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 499007.496   Northing: 5365428.336    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar on NE shore of Crow Island

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by boat from the north end of Nighthawk Lake.



Exploration History

1945: Edgewater Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 13 ddh (6417 ft). 1971: International Nickel Company - ground geophysics. 1998: Band-Ore Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3954 42A07NW2005 42A07NW2005
T-3917 42A07NW2001 42A07NW2001
T-1009, 2.508 42A07NW0208 42A07NW0208

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of andesitic tuffs and chloritized metavolcanics intruded by porphyryitic dikes. Narrow quartz veins are associated with both the metavolcanics and the porphyry. The volcanics show moderate carbonate alteration at depth.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from the drill program returned 0.01 oz/t Au over 1.4 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-434

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

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MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R096 Page: 40-41  Date: 1971

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 125  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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 - 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, 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

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