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Record: MDI42A11SE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bingham Property - 1928, Lancour Mines Property - 1936, Irish Vet Property - 1909, Bingham Group Option - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 30' 55.25"    Longitude: -81° 6' 56.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 491456   Northing: 5373588    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: drill collar for Lancour Mines DDH 5

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

pre-1928: W.G. Bingham – property acquisition; trenching stripping, property optioned to L.B. United Mines Limited. 1935: Mr. W.G. Bingham – property optioned to Lancour Mines Ltd. 1936-37: Lancour Mines Ltd. – mapping, DD-12, ground geophysics. 1981-83: Omenica Resources Ltd. – ground geophysics, compilation, DD-18-9498 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2869, OM-82-5C-97, 63.4192 42A11SE0439 42A11SE0439
T-2869, OM82-5-C-58, 63.4169 42A06NE0138 42A06NE0138

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
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Komatiite Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Talc-Chlorite Schist Shear Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz Contains
Ultramafic Schist 4 Talc-Chlorite Schist Shear Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 14, 2015 (A Wilson) - Lancour DDH-5 intersected a 3 ft section of core that assayed 0.44 oz/t Au. Assays from diamond drilling completed by Omenica Resources Ltd. returned values up to 0.005 oz/t Au over 10 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

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: 250  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist files T-0247, T-0329

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

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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 - 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 - 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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