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Record: MDI42A07NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Muir Porcupine Mines Property - 1940, Muir Property - 1911
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-06
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Thomas

Latitude: 48° 24' 10.56"    Longitude: -80° 55' 52.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 505082.622   Northing: 5361088.418    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A07NW

Point Location Description: Shaft on former claim P.7535

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible via overland traverse from Carman Bay.



Exploration History

1911-1928: Muir Porcupine Gold Mines Limited. - staking, prospecting, trenching, 12 ft shaft. 1981: Mattagami Lake Exploration Ltd. - mapping, sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2394, 2.3858 42A07NW0156 42A07NW0156

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
Mafic pillowed flow 2 Basalt Pillowed Near
Feldspar Porphyry 3 Feldspar Near

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-238

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: P2073 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Night Hawk Lake area, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2222 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1971

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Geology of the Langmuir-Sheraton area

Publication Number: ARV49-04 Page: 11-12  Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Thomas Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0547 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Watabeag River area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane

Publication Number: P1078 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 137  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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:


MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R096 Page: 51  Date: 1971

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Night Hawk Lake gold area

Publication Number: ARV33-03.002 Page: 36  Date: 1998

Author: Hopkins P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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