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Record: MDI42A06SW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Goldale Mines DDH No. 2 - 1946, Stibbard-Church Property - 1946, Southwest Price Township Occurrence - 1968, Mullen-Turmel-Bernier Property - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Price

Latitude: 48° 19' 12.38"    Longitude: -81° 26' 55.54"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 466732.003   Northing: 5351977.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Goldale DDH 2 in SE corner of P.31880

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is via the Dalton Road west from the city of Timmins to the Grassy River. A network of logging roads leads south west from the Dalton Road to the property.



Exploration History

1937: L. Mullen, A. Turmel and J. E. Bernier: prospecting. 1946: Goldale Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 3 ddh (2111 ft). 1966: Acme Gas and Oil Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1983: Samin Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1997: Blue Emerald Resources: ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1377 / 42A06SW0078 42A06SW0078 42A06SW0078
T-1377 / 63.2118 42A06SW8460 42A06SW8460
T-3897 / 42A06SW0036 42A06SW0036 42A06SW0036
T-2609 / 42A06SW0066 42A06SW0066 42A06SW0066

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Andesite Hanging Wall
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Footwall
Porphyry-unsubdivided 4 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of diabase, medium-grained intermediate metavolcanics, iron formation and quartz porphyry. The hole terminated in massive diorite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 1.6 ft wide section of iron formation returned an assay of 0.08 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Paleo-Surface

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 2133

References

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: 173  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist file T-0046

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area

Publication Number: ARV47-04 Page: 21  Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Price Township

Publication Number: P0030 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 20  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 476  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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