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Record: MDI42A06SE00092

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. Edwards Property - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Jul-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Eldorado

Latitude: 48° 19' 42.04"    Longitude: -81° 9' 41.99"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 488017.416   Northing: 5352808.097    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SE

Point Location Description: Trencesh on west side of Redstone River

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via a series of old bush roads extending west of the Springs Road.



Exploration History

1938: J. Edwards - trenching, sampling. 1947: Mercury Investors Ltd. - mapping. 1966: Acme Oil and Gas Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1968-71: Levack Mines Limited - mapping, ground geophysics. 1977-79: Utah Mines Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (195 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1250, 63.2249A 42A06SE0112 42A06SE0112
T-1359, 63.2543 42A06SE0106 42A06SE0106
T-1785, 2.2876 42A06SE0090 42A06SE0090
T-226, 63A.62 42A06SE0912 42A06SE0912
T-734, 2.643 42A06SE0911 42A06SE0911
20, T-1785 42A06SE0096 42A06SE0096

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
Feldspar Porphyry 2 Feldspar Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The outcrop was descriped as a feldspar porphyry with narrow quartz veins.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from the outcrop, taken in 1938, reportedly returned an assay of $7.00 Au/t.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 20 85

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-1

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


MonoMap - Geology of Adams and Eldorado townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R121 Date: 1975

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:


Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area

Publication Number: ARV47-04 Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


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, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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