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| Record Name(s) | Hugh-Pam Mine - 1935, Hughes Shaft - 1912, Mulholland Shaft - 1911 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Whitney, Whitney
Latitude: 48° 30' 33.58" Longitude: -81° 10' 47.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 486723 Northing: 5372928 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: Hughes Shaft location per AMIS field inspection
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel north of South Porcupine along the Hoyle access road for 3.5 km. The Highes Shaft lies 20 m east of the main road. The Mullholland shaft lies 100 m west of the main road.
1911: Mulholland Mines Company Ltd. - Mulholland shaft sunk to 200 ft and underground development work. 1912: Hughes-Porcupine Mines Ltd. - Hughes shaft sunk to 200 ft with underground development work. 1928-29: T. Wright - open cut, mining. By 1938, 2 additional shafts were sunk on the property. The Mulholland shaft (No. 2 shaft) is associated with a small open cut which reportedly produced 350 oz Au. 1936-37: Hugh-Pam Porcupine Mines Ltd. - dewatering of Hughes and Mullholland shafts, surface drilling (18,647 ft). 1948-65 - Hugh-Pam Porcupine Mines Ltd.: UG-DD-36-2879 ft; production, mined out. 2002: Porcupine Joint Venture: Drilling to east of Hughes shaft
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5028 / 2.28452 | 42A11SE2034 | 42A11SE2034 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed, Sheared | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Contains | |
| Mudstone | 3 | Argillite, Wacke | Host | |
| Conglomerate | 4 | Host |
Dec 17, 2014 (A Wilson) - Mafic metavolcanic roks strike east and are truncated by Timiskaming conglomerate, argillite and greywacky.The quartz vein is described as being 200 ft in length with a northeast strike and a southeast dip. The width of the vein varies from 6 inches to 5 feet becoming narrower and breaking into a series of stringers on the south end.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Weak | Veins |
Mar 31, 2008 (D Draper) - Porcupine Joint Venture hole 18667, collared 300m east of shaft and bearing SE, returned an average grade of 0.028 opt Au over 18.8ft from 5 samples, including one assaying 0.043 opt Au over 2.8ft. Samples were from a mafic volcanic unit with minor py, po and asp. (T-5028)
Dec 17, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected on the Hughes Porcupine site in 1932 returned values ranging from $0.40 Au from a grab of quartz from the open cut up to $31.00 Au from a grab of pyritic quartz from the open cut. Assays from Hugh-Pam driling in 1938 returned values ranging from $0.35 Au to $8.05 Au in the metasediments. The orebodies were considered to be a western extension of the Reef Mine Zone. Surface drilling indicated mineralization in the Timiskaming conglomerate for 1100 ft in length, 40 ft in width and averaging 0.12 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 61 | 1.5 |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 577650 |
Gold 3720043 Ounces |
MDI | 119,604 oz Au produced 1926, 1948-65 |
| 1965 | 198681 |
Gold 3071 Ounces |
3071 oz Au, nil Ag; for additional production see Broulan Reef Mine |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0189
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Whitney Township, northwest quarter
Publication Number: P0009 Scale: 1:6,000 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV21-01.003 Page: 156-157, 247 Date: 1998
Author: Corkill E.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Whitney Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2123 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Annual report for the year 1965, statistics of the mineral industry and mining operations in Ontario for 1965
Publication Number: ARV75 Page: 16-17, 30-31 Date: 1997
Author: Riddell G.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Structural geology, Whitney Township
Publication Number: P3172 Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 1991
Author: Piroshco D.W., Kettles K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 117-118 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 Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Whitney and Hoyle Townships
Publication Number: P3547-REV Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 2005
Author: Bateman R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Northern Miner 79-07-26, Hugh-Pam, p.3 – press releases
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1979
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGO
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: 273 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Northern Miner 87-01-12, Broulan Resources Inc. – press releases
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1987
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location: Timmins RGO
Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1989
Publication Number: MP147.012 Page: 230 Date: 1997
Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Ireland J.C., Hamblin C.D., Bradshaw M.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1995, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: OFR5943 Page: 245 Date: 1996
Author: Baker C.L., Fyon J.A., Laderoute D.G., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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