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Record: MDI42A06NW00043

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Dyke Adit - 1921, Claim Tc 603 - 1921
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ogden

Latitude: 48° 26' 7.5"    Longitude: -81° 20' 17.69"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 474981.309   Northing: 5364752.025    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Blocked adit

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Travel south from Timmins on Pine Street for 3 km to the De Santis road. Turning onto the gravel road, the site lies approximately 220 m west and 200m north west from the road.



Exploration History

1921: Big Dyke Gold Mines Limited - adit to 115 ft.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Carboantized Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - An outcrop in the area is described as consisting of several irregular quartz veins in mineralized rusty carbonate 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

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-126  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Ogden Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0341 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - The townships of Carscallen, Bristol and Ogden, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35G Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 31  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Porcupine area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Ogden, Bristol, and Carscallen townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 26  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Ogden Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0341 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:


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

Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 85  Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Timmins West - Bristol and Ogden Townships

Publication Number: P3436 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2001

Author: Vaillancourt C., Pickett C.L., Dinel E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

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

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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