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Record: MDI42A06NW00041

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Paradis Creek - 1911, Claim Trs 1116 - 1911
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-31
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-01
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 23' 51.11"    Longitude: -81° 19' 46.34"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 475607.298   Northing: 5360538.023    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Travel south from Timmins along Pine Street for approximately 7 km and then follow a series of bush roads to the claim.



Exploration History

1911: John A. Mitchell writes to brother W.S. Mitchell concerning an assay certificate for samples taken from claim TRS1116 showing 0.61 oz. per ton ($12.00 gold). The samples were taken from a 10 ft. deep shaft. Sulphides are noted in the shaft. 1939: Dictore Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. holds a group of claims including claim TRS1116. A report from that year describes 6 veins/shears and makes reference to the Mitchell shaft being 45ft in depth and waterfilled at time of Dictore visit (AF T-444). 1982: J. St. Gelais: Drilling north of occurrence (T-2351). 1986: L.B.L. Richgold Mines Inc.: Geology survey, grab samples, drilling near lake to east of occ. (T-2981). 2003:, L.B.L. Richgold Mines Inc.: Prospecting, sampling, Beep Mat survey near lake to east of occ. (T-4914).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2351, 24 42A06NW0131 42A06NW0131
T-4914, 2.26090 42A06NW2037 42A06NW2037
T-2981, 2.8515 42A06NW0125 42A06NW0125
2.6283, T-2351 42A06NW0126 42A06NW0126
32, T-2981 42A06NW0174 42A06NW0174
63.4831, T-2981 42A06NW0123 42A06NW0123
2.25943, T-4914 42A06NW2036 42A06NW2036



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a quartz vein within iron formation or schist.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0444

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


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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