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| Record Name(s) | Porcupine Goldtop Occurrence - 1941, Porcupine Goldor Mines Ltd. - 1938, Porcupine Goldtop DDH 1 - 1941 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Tisdale
Latitude: 48° 27' 26.4" Longitude: -81° 17' 56.29"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 477896 Northing: 5367175.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel along the back road to the McGirr residence. The shaft was located on this property just north west of the Delnite junction.
pre 1938: trenching, 2 shafts developed. 1938: Porcupine Goldor Mines Limited –mapping, DD-8-2746 ft. 1944: Porcupine Goldtop Mines Limited – ground geophysics. 1983-84: 508825 Ontario Ltd. – pitting, trenching, DD-3-368.2 ft
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2556 / W8306-00177 | 42A11SE5055 | 42A11SE5055 |
| T-2556 / W8506-00149 | 42A11SE5063 | 42A11SE5063 |
| T-2556 / 2.7981 | 42A06NW0025 | 42A06NW0025 |
| T-2556 / W8406-00270 | 42A11SE5059 | 42A11SE5059 |
| T-2556/ #134/87 | 42A06NW0021 | 42A06NW0021 |
| T-2556/ 2.6960 | 42A06NW0026 | 42A06NW0026 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains | ||
| Mafic pillowed flow | 3 | Pillowed | Adjacent | |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Andesite | Adjacent |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - Variolitic lava and the underlying 99 greenstone outcrop in the southwestern part of the claim group. In other parts of the claims, the rocks are pillow lavas and uniform, coarser-grained andesites. The trenches and shafts explored areas where uniform andesite had been carbonatized and some narrow quartz veins were present.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - Porcupine Goldtop DDH 1 returned an assay of $1.58 Au over 3.5 ft in pillowed lava. The best assays returned from the sampling conducted by 508825 Ontario Ltd. returned 0.005 oz/t Au and 0.66 oz/t Ag
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0095
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 137 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: 186 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R058 Page: 141-142 Date: 1968
Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2122 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: MacRae B.A., 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:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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