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Record: MDI42A11SE00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rollex DH 1 - 1960, J. Dillon Property - 1960, Bell River Group - 1960, R. Rousseau Option - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Feb-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 31' 7.92"    Longitude: -81° 11' 17.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 486100   Northing: 5373990    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: collar of hole 1 per plot on NAD83 GIS plan

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: A gravel road (Murphy Road) traverses the claim block just to north of hole collar location. This road connects to Hwy 655 to the west and to Hwy 101 via the old Broulan Reef property to the east. (T-215, T-2848)



Exploration History

1960-64: Rollex Mines Ltd.: geological survey, ground geophysics, DD-5-2603 ft. 1981: Rio Alto Exploration Ltd.: Geophysical surveys. 1983: Kidd Creek Mines: Geophysical surveys, drilling . 1987-1988: Mill City Gold Corporation: Geophysical surveys, overburden drilling. 1981, Rio Alto Exploration Ltd. (R. Rousseau Option): Geophysical surveys (T-2453). 1983, Kidd Creek Mines: Geophysical surveys, drilling (T-2312). 1987-1988, Mill City Gold Corporation: Geophysical surveys, overburden drilling (T-2848)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2312 / 2.5598 42A11SE0438 42A11SE0438
T-2848 / 2.12720 42A11SE0265 42A11SE0265
T-2312, 47 42A11SE0434 42A11SE0434
T-2453 / 2.4040 42A11SE0449 42A11SE0449
T-2848 / 2.10181 42A11SE0269 42A11SE0269
15, T-0215 42A11SE0257 42A11SE0257
T-2312, 46 42A11SE0447 42A11SE0447

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Fragmental Contains
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Near
Porphyry-unsubdivided 3 Intrudes

Mineralization Comments

Dec 15, 2014 (D Draper) - Drillhole 1 assayed 0.10 oz/t Au over 1.5 ft and 0.94 oz/t Au over 2.5ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1968-69; Rollex Mines Ltd.

Publication Number: CMH 68-69 Page: 294-295  Date: 1968

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGO


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 138  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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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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