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Record: MDI42A06NW00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) WESTERN LANDS Hole 12 - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Mountjoy

Latitude: 48° 27' 51.3"    Longitude: -81° 21' 56.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 472962.347   Northing: 5367966.376    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1922 H.M. Roberts: DD (T-141), 1939 Western Lands: DD, Assays (T-359)


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Carbonatized Sheared Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
QuartzAlterationSilicification1Unknown
UnknownAlterationCarbonatization2Unknown

Mineralization Comments

Nov 30, 2010 (P Bousquet) - Hole 12 (az. 170, dip -51.5) intersected highly sheared, carbonatized and silicified “greenstone” at 518ft which returned 0.02 oz/ton Au at 657ft over 3ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-141, T-359

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Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Mountjoy Township

Publication Number: P0022 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - 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-208  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

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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: 134  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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