Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Penny Veteran Gold Claim - 1915, Bingham Gold Property - 1934, Claim P94433 - 1915 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Whitney
Latitude: 48° 27' 30.82" Longitude: -81° 10' 6.33"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487548 Northing: 5367283.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SE
Point Location Description: south shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The site lies approximately 5.5 km south of Porcupine by following the concession road and an ATV trail.
1944: W. Bingham - sampling. 1957: Goose Lake Iron Mines Limited - sampling
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Andesite | Adjacent |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Two bands of iron formation containing some tuff-like schist cut diagonally across the northwest and northeast corners of the property. The iron formation dips 15-10° north.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Unknown | Replacement |
Jul 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected from an ankeritic vein in 1934 by C. Dunn and W. Bingham reportedly returned 1.39 oz/t gold ($48.65 at $35.00 gold).
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0329, T-776
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - The Porcupine gold area
Publication Number: ARV33-02.001 Page: 24-25 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Porcupine gold area (third report)
Publication Number: ARV24-03.001 Page: 13-14 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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:
Map - Geology of the Tisdale and North Whitney Townships
Publication Number: OFM0118 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1988
Author: Kettles K.
Publisher Name:
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 - Part of the Porcupine gold area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM33A Scale: 1:24,000 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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