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Record: MDI42A07NE00068

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stairs Option - 1961, J. P. Roy Claims - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-May-23
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-08
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Sheraton

Latitude: 48° 26' 22.86"    Longitude: -80° 43' 15.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 520642.862   Northing: 5365208.601    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A07NE

Point Location Description: Stripped veins on former claim L.72746

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is located approximately 40 km ESE of the city of Timmins. Access to the site is via the Gibson Lake road, south from highway 101.



Exploration History

1960: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines. - stripping, 5 ddh (2166 ft), ground geophysics, mapping. 1975: Ontario Paper Co.Ltd./Geomont Exploration Co. Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 1984: Shogrin Minerals - mapping, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1745, 2.2048 42A07NE0167 42A07NE0167
T-2820, 63.4226 42A10SE8887 42A10SE8887

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Mafic To Intermediate Pillowed, Massive Near
Porphyry-unsubdivided 3 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were returned from narrow quartz veins within mafic metavolcanic rocks and porphyry dikes.




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) - Assays from channel samples collected by Hollinger returned values raning from 0.02 oz/t Au over 1 ft to 0.58 oz/t Au over 2 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-179

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Precambrian Geology, Sheraton Township

Publication Number: P3387 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1999

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of the Langmuir-Sheraton area

Publication Number: ARV49-04 Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Timmins data series, Sheraton Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2074 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Precambrian Geology of the Watabeag Lake Area

Publication Number: OFR6042 Date: 2001

Author: Vaillancourt C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Sheraton Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GDIF402 Date: 1997

Author: Kirkland Lake RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0140 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Savage W.S., Thomson R., Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area

Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 1149-1152  Date: 1990

Author: Bath A.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Matheson-Black sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0119 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M., Savage W.S., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 136  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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-221  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Langmuir-Sheraton area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM49H Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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