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Record: MDI42A11SE00021

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Silver

Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 30' 50.23"    Longitude: -81° 10' 20.88"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 487263   Northing: 5373441    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: The site lies east of the Kinross main road 4 km north of South Porcupine.

Exploration History

1915-1917: Porcupine Gold Reef Mining Company Ltd. – shaft to 100 ft, DD, in production. 1936: Porcupine Reef Gold – DD-6-3354 ft., mapping, dewatering 1937:McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - surface work, DD. 1944-1951: Porcupine Reef Gold Mines Ltd. – ground geophysics, DD-16,000 ft, underground development, in production. 1952-1965: Broulan Reef Mines Limited – underground development, in production. 1983: Kidd Creek Mines Limited – ground geophysics, DD-2-1946 ft. 1983-1985: Newmont Mines – property optioned, ground geophysics, compilation, 4014 ft surface drilling; 1986-89: Belmoral Mines Ltd. and Vedron Limtied – dewatering, refurbishment of head frame, underground development, DD-33,614 ft., UGDD-70,159 ft, underground development. 2000-2002: Kinross Gold Corporation – ground geophysics, DD-40-6253m. 2002-2003: Porcupine Joint Venture – DD. 2007-13: Temex Resources Corp. – DD-64

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Timiskaming

Geological Age: Archean  

Lithology

Lithology Comments

Dec 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - In the area of the property, the Timiskaming assemblage sediments are subdivided into two formations referred to as the Dome and Three Nations Lake formations. The Dome formation is the oldest of the two and occurs on the south side of the Timiskaming unconformity. The Dome formation consists of a basal conglomerate known as the Pamour conglomerate which is overlain by turbiditic sandstones, greywackes and mudstones (Born, 1996). The Pamour conglomerate is an important host rock for gold mineralization on the Whitney and adjacent properties. The younger and overlying Three Nations Lake formation is more mature, well-sorted sandstones, arkose, conglomerate and pebbly sandstone, and pebble conglomerate beds (Born, 1996). Both formations are overturned, dip steeply to the north and have a fining upwards sequence to the south. The Broulan conglomerate forms the basal contact unit of the Three Nations Lake Formation and is a marker horizon. It lies approximately 200 metres south of the Pamour conglomerate within the Hallnor Mine area. At the Broulan Reef, past production was from a single ENE trending and steep southeast dipping quartz-carbonate+/-albite vein in a host shear zone that obliquely transects the metavolcanic sequence. First order ore shoots are shallow northeast plunging and controlled by the intersection of the vein and its host shear zone with the lithologic units. The C-Zone deposit is a west plunging shoot of quartz-carbonate veins with sulphides that occurs in a 20 to 50 m wide zone of foliation striking at 070o and dipping moderately north that cuts the Tisdale assemblage metavolcanic rocks at a 15-20 angle

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 2013 Temex resource drilling program returned assays of 4.12 g/t Au over 1.20 m including 14.06 g/t Au over 0.30 m; 11.88 g/t Au over 2.70 m including 101.00 g/t Au over 0.30 m. and 1.18 g/t Au over 19.50 m including 2.29 g/t Au over 7.50 m and 37.50 g/t Au over 0.30 m. Ribbon veins occur in the metavolcanic rocks and are well-developed veins consisting of quartz carbonate, with minor tourmaline, calcite, chlorite, sphalerite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Gold in these veins is erratically distributed with high-grade coarse gold.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0189, T-6353

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Author:

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Location: Timmins RGP office

Map - Porcupine area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Book - Northern Miner 87-01-12, Broulan

Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1987

Author:

Publisher Name: Northern Miner

Location: Timmins RGO

Map - Whitney Township, northwest quarter

Publication Number: P0009 Scale: 1:6,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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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

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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

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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 121  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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

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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-287  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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

Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1989

Publication Number: MP147.012 Page: 235  Date: 1997

Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Ireland J.C., Hamblin C.D., Bradshaw M.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Timmins Daily Press 87-03-28, Broulan

Publication Number: Date: 1987

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RRGO Newsclipping file

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

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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

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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.

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Publication - Technical Report and Resource Estimate on the Upper Hallnor, C-Zone, and Broulan Reef Deposits, Whitney Gold Property Timmins Area, Ontario, Canada

Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2014

Author: E. Puritch, R. Sutcliffe, D. Burga, Y. Wu, T. Armstrong, A. Yassa, A. Hayde

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO

Article - Timmins Resident Geologist's District - 1988

Publication Number: MP142.012 Page: 239  Date: 1997

Author: Luhta L.E., Sangster P.J., Draper D.M., Ireland J.C., Bradshaw M.P., Hamblin C.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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