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Record: MDI42A06NW00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bruin-Yellowknife Property - 1946, North West Price Township Occurrence - 1968, Croxall-Kangas Option - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Price

Latitude: 48° 20' 28.66"    Longitude: -81° 26' 28.91"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 467294.003   Northing: 5354329.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Outcrop of iron formation on west side of the Grassy River

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Dalton Road and a series of bush roads.



Exploration History

1946: Bruin Yellowknife Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1966: Acme Oil and Gas Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1981-82: R. Rousseau - stripping, trenching. 1983: Samim Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1987-88: Chevron Minerals - airborne geophysics, mapping, stripping, geochemistry, ground geophysics. 1986-93: J. Croxall and M. Kangas - stripping, trenching. 1996-97: Inmet Mining - ground geophysics. 2003: Porcupine Joint Venture - airborne geophysics, DD-1-200 m. 2008: J.E. Croxall - compilation


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1377 / 2.73 42A06SW0078 42A06SW0078
T-2713 / 2.12599 42A06SW0057 42A06SW0057
T-2713 / 2.11404 42A06SW0058 42A06SW0058
T-2713 / 2.10493 42A06NW0256 42A06NW0256
63.5905, T-3086 42A06SW0050 42A06SW0050
T-3809 / 2.16775 42A06SW0014 42A06SW0014
T-2713 / 63.5388 42A06SW0056 42A06SW0056
OP93-502, T-3086 42A06SW0011 42A06SW0011
T-4897 / 2.26105 42A06SW2016 42A06SW2016
T-5740 / 2.39007 20000003226 20000003226
T-1377 / 63.2118 42A06SW8460 42A06SW8460
T-242 / 63.42 42A06SW0281 42A06SW0281
T-2609 / 2.5718 42A06SW0066 42A06SW0066
T-2713 / W8806-50075 42A06SW5030 42A06SW5030
T-3086 / W8606-00357 42A06SW5029 42A06SW5029
T-3809 / 216987 42A06SW0016 42A06SW0016
T-4967 / 2.27311 42A06NW2039 42A06NW2039
63.6305, T-3086 42A06SW8655 42A06SW8655
21, T-3086 42A06SW8650 42A06SW8650
2.15747, T-3086 42A06SW0007 42A06SW0007

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Oxide Ironstone 1 Oxide Facies Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The iron formation is described as consisting of magnetite-chert iron formation interbedded with sericite-chlorite-carbonate and graphite schists (intermediate volcanics and tuffs, metasediments.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Sedimentary
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Contact

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Regular 1219 15 300

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: 176  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

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

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Price Township

Publication Number: P0030 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 476  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R219 Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

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:

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