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Record: MDI42A10SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Clavos Porcupine DDH 33 - 1948
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-12
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: German

Latitude: 48° 35' 59.89"    Longitude: -80° 49' 11.42"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 513282.722   Northing: 5383003.593    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A10SW

Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is accessible by driving north from highway 101 at Shillington along highway 577. A gravel road travesl NW to west off of highway 577 just before the bridge crossing the Driftwood River and provides good access to the property.



Exploration History

1945-48: Clavos Porcupine Gold MInes Ltd. - ground geophysics, 6 ddh (953.8 m). 1986: Canamax Resources Inc. - 5 ddh (747 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.26 42A10SW0138 42A10SW0138

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: >2695 M   Geochron. Age Ref.: MP 169 P. 75



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Adjacent
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Greywacke Contains

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of greywackes, gabbro and peridotite. The greywacke is intruded by a series of quartz-carbonate stringers.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from this drillhole returned 0.11 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

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: 42A-227  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist files T-0029, T-2696

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - German Township

Publication Number: P0037 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology of German Township

Publication Number: P3346 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1995

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Core - Timmins Drill Core Library

Publication Number: core Date: 1999

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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:


Article - Geology of Dundonald and German Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: MP162.006 Date: 1993

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Dundonald and German Townships

Publication Number: OFM0232 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1994

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - German-Currie area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40B Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Laird H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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