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Record: MDI42A06NW00201

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McIntyre Porcupine DDH No. 3 - 1934, Worthington Claims - 1934
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Oct-20
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ogden

Latitude: 48° 25' 11.45"    Longitude: -81° 25' 25.51"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 468647.242   Northing: 5363052.92    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on patented claim TRP1494 1/2

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south via the Dalton Road to the junction where you meet the Tembec Mill access road.



Exploration History

1934: McIntyre Porcupine Mines - ground geophysics, 6 ddh (7839 ft). 1980: Amax Minerals Ltd. - airborne geophysics, 1984: Amax Minerals and Noranda Exploraiton Co. Ltd. - OVD. 1984-87: Noranda Exploration - 2 ddh (476 m), OVD. 1997-98: Canadian Golden Dragon Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics. 2003: Porcupine Joint Venture - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4970, 2.27396 42A06NW2040 42A06NW2040
T-2788, 32 42A06NW0278 42A06NW0278
T-3931, 2.18306 42A06NW2004 42A06NW2004

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-Carbonate Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Sandstone 3 Wacke Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of greywacke, slate and pillowed mafic metavolcanics.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned $1.24 Au over 6 inches from carbonate veins in mafic metavolcanic rocks.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-146, T-2801

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: OFR5012 Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: ARV35-06.001 Date: 1998

Author: Hawley J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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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

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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 - 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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