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| Record Name(s) | Aquarius Porcupine Gold Mine - 1942, Pardee Amalgamated Mines Ltd. Property - 1937, Old Aquarius - 2003 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Macklem
Latitude: 48° 31' 33.01" Longitude: -80° 53' 1.12"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 508591 Northing: 5374754 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10SW
Point Location Description: shaft symbol on sketch in T-1959/2.4429
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The Aquarius Mine Road leads south off of Highway 101 about 100m east of the junction with highway 67. The shaft is about 3 km south of the highway.
1930-37: New Electra Porcupine Gold Mines Limited - DD-20, 1936-37: Aquarius Porcupine Gold Mines Limited - DD-6 1937-40: Pardee Amalgamated Mines Ltd. - DD-15-8990.8 ft. 1942-48: Aquarius Porcupine Gold Mines, Limited - DD-30, shaft sinking (525 ft), underground development 2 underground levels developed (400, 525 ft) with cross cutting; UG-DD-10 928 ft. 1967: Gaspe Park Mines Limited - ground geophysics, DD-3-1338 ft. 1979-83: Asarco Exploration Company of Canada Limited: OVD-46-8199 ft, ground geophysics, DD-15
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1959/2.4479 | 42A10SW0242 | 42A10SW0242 |
| T-1959 / 2.4685 | 42A10SW0232 | 42A10SW0232 |
| T-1959 / 2.5957 | 42A10SW0225 | 42A10SW0225 |
| T-1959 / 2.3510 | 42A10SW0247 | 42A10SW0247 |
| T-1959/2.3608 | 42A10SW0022 | 42A10SW0022 |
| T-1959/2.3486 | 42A10SW0243 | 42A10SW0243 |
| T-1959 / 26 | 42A10SW0223 | 42A10SW0223 |
| T-1363/ 63.2192 | 42A10SW0283 | 42A10SW0283 |
| T-1363/ 17 | 42A10SW0198 | 42A10SW0198 |
| T-1959/2.4429 | 42A10SW0242 | 42A10SW0242 |
| T-1959 / 28 | 42A10SW0226 | 42A10SW0226 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandy Conglomerate | 1 | Greywacke, Conglomerate | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Serpentinized | Adjacent | |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Carbonatized | Host |
Jun 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - The mafic metavolcanics are altered to green carbonates, rusty weathering carbonate and grey carbonate schist. All of the altered mafic metavolcanics have been intruded by vein quartz and siliceous aplite. Vein quartz stringers up to 2 ft in width have been noted in the core, but are more usually ¼ inch to 2 inches in width and make up 10-20% of the rock. Aplite is present as stringers and dikes up to 6 feet in width and also as an integral part of the rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 22, 2013 (A Wilson) - The sediments are fairly well mineralized. The mineralization is found in and adjacent to fractures and marginal to the pebbles in the conglomerate beds. The carbonatized metavolcanics also are mineralized. Mineralization occurs in minute sulphide veinlets marginal to the quartz and aplite but in some cases in fractures in the quartz aplite. The gold appears to be associated with disseminated sulphides and with the sulphide veinlets. A mineralized zone with a maximum width of 46 m was traced for 183 to 244 feet along strike. This zone strikes 75ºNE and dips to the south from 60-70º. Typical gold assays ranged from trace to 0.2 dwt over 4 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0007
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Macklem Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2071 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - German-Currie area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: ARV40-03.001 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1946
Publication Number: ARV56-02 Page: 5-6 Date: 1997
Author: Tower W.O., Smith R.L., Bawden W.E., Cooper D.F., Walkom L.K., Little E.S., Kirk A.T., Weir E.B., Douglass D.P., Ward J.L., Barrett C.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Page: 5 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948
Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: 5 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
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: 78-79 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Macklem Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2071 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Night Hawk Lake area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R096 Page: 56-57 Date: 1971
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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:
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:
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