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Record: MDI42A06NW00205

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Digby-Grimston Claims - 1940
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Oct-25
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Ogden

Latitude: 48° 24' 16.02"    Longitude: -81° 21' 42.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 473232.288   Northing: 5361318.006    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Centre of former patented claim 7345

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Travel south of Timmins on Pine Street for 5 km. Turn west on a bush road located on a sharp bend in the gravel road. Proceed 1 km along road to a poit just past a trail that heads south. The site lies 100 m south of the bush road.



Exploration History

Pre 1940: stripping, trenching. 1979-81: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics, geology, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1978, 2.4347 42A06NW0214 42A06NW0214
T-2788, 2.9169 42A06NW0264 42A06NW0264
2.4302, T-1978 42A06NW0219 42A06NW0219

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
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Carbonatized Near

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Channel samples from the property reportedly returned values up to $11.80 Au over 5 ft. Grab samples collected by Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd in 1940 did not duplicate these results.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-766, 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 - 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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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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