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Record: MDI42A11SE00114

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Elephant Country Explorers - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1999-May-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hoyle

Latitude: 48° 35' 22.12"    Longitude: -81° 7' 10.22"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 491187.511   Northing: 5381828.416    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11SE

Point Location Description: Point scaled from location shown in assessment file T-1461, Timmins Resident Geologist office.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access is largely by boat up the Porcupine River.



Exploration History

Deepening of shaft to 21 feet in 1973. No geological information provided.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2371, T-1461 42A11SE0097 42A11SE0097

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Porcupine

Geological Age: Neoarchean  

Metamorphism Type: Regional

Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Geological compilation map P. 3379 indicates that the area is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Porcupine Assemblage.




Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (R Pressacco) - Geology of the area drawn from compilation map P.3379.




Mineral Record Details

References

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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