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| Record Name(s) | Mercury Investors Occurrence - 1947, Acme Oil and Gas - 1968, Acme - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Sep-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Eldorado
Latitude: 48° 19' 49.21" Longitude: -81° 9' 14.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488587.421 Northing: 5353028.101 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06SE
Point Location Description: Shaft or trench just east of the rapids on the Redstone River, located on former claim TR 33859
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Redstone River, or by overland traverse from the Redstone Mine.
1947-48: Mercury Investors Ltd. - blasting, trenching, sampling, mapping. 1968: Acme Oil and Gas Company Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1981: Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics 1989-92: R. Rousseau - 2 ddh (810.3 ft), stripping, ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3347, 2.13302 | 42A06SE0083 | 42A06SE0083 |
| T-2540, 2.4881 | 42A06NE0371 | 42A06NE0371 |
| T-226, 63A.62 | 42A06SE0912 | 42A06SE0912 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Komatiite | Sheared | Near |
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Andesite | Adjacent | |
| Quartz-Feldspar Porphyry | 4 | Quartz-Feldspar | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence reportedly consisted of a narrow quartz vein found at the contact between sheared intermediate metavolcanics and a porphyry dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | ||||
| Carbonate | Alteration | Carbonatization | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from a quartz vein returned an assay of $85.00 Au/t.
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-85 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist file T-3662
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Adams and Eldorado townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2274 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Eldorado Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2114 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Adams and Eldorado townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R121 Page: 22, 27-28 Date: 1975
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Eldorado Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0572 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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