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Record: MDI42A06NW00203

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wasu Procupine Mines DDH H-4 - 1947, Brabar Occurrence - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Oct-22
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ogden

Latitude: 48° 23' 53.23"    Longitude: -81° 25' 25.35"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 468637.226   Northing: 5360637.902    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Wasu Porcupine ddh H-4 on former claim P22857

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south along Daldon Road for approximately 8 km to an east trending bush road. Drive east for approximately 2 km. The drill site was in a swamp to the south of the road.



Exploration History

1947: Wasu Porcupine Mines Ltd. - 7 ddh (5753 ft). 1965: Brabar Mines Limited - ground geophysics. 1970: Hollinger Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1980-81: Amax Mineral Exploration - airborne geophysics, 2 ddh (420 m). 1998: Haddington 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-3927, 2.18175 42A06NW2005 42A06NW2005
T-645, 2.59 42A06NW1487 42A06NW1487
2.3367, T-1978 42A06NE0007 42A06NE0007
T-1170, 63.1684 42A06NW0239 42A06NW0239
T-4970, 2.27396 42A06NW2040 42A06NW2040
2.4339, T-1978 42A06NW0215 42A06NW0215
21, T-1978 42A06NW0223 42A06NW0223
2.3798, T-1978 42A06NW0901 42A06NW0901

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 Host
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of serpentinized intermediate metavolcanic rocks (?), ultramafic rocks and sheared fragmental mafic metavolcanic rocks. Narrow quartz veins are found within the ultramafic flows.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 8 inch section of quartz vein returned an assay of $0.40 Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-128

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 135  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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

Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 85  Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Core - Timmins Drill Core Library TI0578

Publication Number: core Date: 1988

Author:

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Location: Timmins RGP


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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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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