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Record: MDI42A11SE00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wetmore - 1983, Alton Group - 1939, Claim 339 - 1939, Archer Claim - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Dec-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Whitney, Whitney, Hoyle

Latitude: 48° 31' 52.81"    Longitude: -81° 9' 7.71"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 488768   Northing: 5375370    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: shaft

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1939-41: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited – prospecting, sampling, DD-6


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Archean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic Tuff 1 Basalt Tuffaceous Adjacent
Claystone 2 Argillite Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz-Calcite Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
FuchsiteAlterationUnknown1UnknownDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Jan 13, 2015 (A Wilson) - Assays from the 1941 diamond drilling returned 0.03 oz/t Au over 4 ft from DDH H-1, DDH H-5 returned 0.02 oz/t Au over 5 ft, DDH H-9 returned 0.03 oz/t Au over 1 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0309, T-3580

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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:


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:


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 132  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Geology of Hoyle and Gowan townships

Publication Number: OFM0175 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1991

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Gravity survey of geological structures in the Timmins and Matheson area, districts of Cochrane, Timiskaming, and Sudbury

Publication Number: R135 Date: 1976

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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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