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Record: MDI42A06NW00055

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mineral Estates Ltd. (Waterhen Group) - 1930, Torburn DDH No. 2 - 1931, P. Hubert Claim P. 8504 - 1911, Hulcano Porcupine - 1946
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-28
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Bristol

Latitude: 48° 27' .62"    Longitude: -81° 28' 45.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 464567.243   Northing: 5366447.943    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Torburn Gold Mines DDH #2

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of logging roads heading north from highway 101W.



Exploration History

1911: Hubert - pitting, trenching. 1931: Torburn Gold Mines Limited - mapping, ground geophsyics, 2 ddh (1266.7 ft). 1965: Fidelity Mining Investments Limited - ground geophysics, diamond drilling. 1970-71: Holliger Mines Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-934, 63.1407 42A06NW8450 42A06NW8450

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Calcite Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Chlorite Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Andesite Sheared Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous gold values were returned from narrow quartz-carbonate stringers in sheared intermediate metavolcanics.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue
3TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best intersection returned 0.04 oz/t Au over1.1 ft from Torburn drill hole #2.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-88, T-496, T-1460

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Bristol Township, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1957-07 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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: 42A-167  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

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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

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

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Page: 33  Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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:


Part - Geology of Bristol Township

Publication Number: ARV66-07 Page: 31-32  Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

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: 124  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Article - New Geological Mapping and Compilation in the Timmins West Area - Bristol and Ogden Townships

Publication Number: OFR6032.004 Page: 4-1 - 4-11  Date: 2000

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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