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Record: MDI42A06NW00158

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hydro Claim - 1978, Pamour Central - 1975, Central Porphyry Contacts Ltd. Prospect - 1934, Meunier-Ristimaki Option - 1975
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-02
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Tisdale

Latitude: 48° 27' 44.66"    Longitude: -81° 16' 25.24"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 479768   Northing: 5367733    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: capped shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Travel south of Gold Centre to the hydro station and south on the power line right of way to the site.



Exploration History

pre-1934: surface trenching, shaft sinking to 50 ft. 1934: Central Porphyry Contacts Limited – property acquired, no work reported. 1974: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. – ground geophysics. 1975: Pamour Porcupine Mines Limited – DD-1-123 ft., 1975: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. – mapping. 1980-84: Pamour Porcupine Mines Limited – ground geophysics, GC, mapping, stripping, sampling. 2011-2012: 6398631 Canada Inc. and K. Pye: ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1657 / 2.1664 42A06NW0013 42A06NW0013
T-1657 / W7506-00219 42A11SE5016 42A11SE5016
T-1657 / 2.1923 42A06NW0012 42A06NW0012
T-1657 / 2.3419 42A06NW0009 42A06NW0009
T-1657 /2.3956 42A06NW0008 42A06NW0008
T-2794 / 325/84 42A06NW0001 42A06NW0001
T-6426 / 2.51999 20000007234 20000007234
T-2794/2.6481 42A06NW0030 42A06NW0030
T-1657 / 2.4901 42A06NW0003 42A06NW0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Massive, Brecciated Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains
Intermediate massive flow 3 Andesite Massive, Flow Top Breccia Adjacent
Ironstone-unsubdivided 4 Sericitic Massive, Flow Top Breccia Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Mar 06, 2014 (A Wilson) - Quartz veins vary in width from 6 inches to 12 inches in the trenches and 2 ft to 2.5 ft on the west face of the shaft.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 06, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Noranda in 1975 returned best assays of 0.01 oz/t Au. Samples collected from the sulphide gossan zone assayed 0.06 oz/t Au and the quartz vein in the shaft assayed 0.09 oz/t Au and 10% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0597

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2122 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Structural geology, Tisdale Township

Publication Number: P3173 Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 1991

Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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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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MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R219 Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Tisdale Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2075 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology and ore deposits of Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R058 Date: 1968

Author: Ferguson S.A., Buffam B.S.W., Carter O.F., Griffis A.T., Holmes T.C., Hurst M.E., Jones W.A., Lane H.C., Longley C.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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