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| Record Name(s) | P.J. O'Neill - 1956, Dubeau - 1988, Bragagnolo - 1981, Carlo Rizzo Property - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Nickel
Township or Area: Murphy
Latitude: 48° 34' 3.36" Longitude: -81° 16' 54.64"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 479207.284 Northing: 5379428.055 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11SW
Point Location Description: General area of 1956 drilling by P.J. ONeill in SW 1/4 Lot 7 Conc. 3 Murphy Twp.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Bush roads leading off of Highway 655. Outcrop area is less than 500 m West of highway.
1956 P.J. ONeill drilled 3 short holes in the SW1/4 of the S1/2 of Lot 7 Conc. 3 intersecting an intermediate to felsic brecciated rock with disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite and steaks of black carbonaceous material. 1965 Transtere Explorations Ltd. drilled one diamond drill hole of 453 ft. in the NW 1/4 of the Lot 7 Conc. 3 intersecting rhyodacite and trachyte with a 6 ' section of semimassive py,po and with intercalated graphitic tuff. Traces of Cp are noted several times in the drill log. 1984 Carlo Rizzo completed trenching and diamond drilling in the immediate vicinity of the ONeill drilling intersecting rhyodacite flow breccia with local pyrite and pyrrhotite 1988 R.Dudeau completed trenching sand sampling in the SW1/4 of the S1/2 of Lot7 Conc. 3. and reported gold assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2921, 25 | 42A11NE0600 | 42A11NE0600 |
| T-3270, 2.11900 | 42A11SW0510 | 42A11SW0510 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - B.R. Berger (1999) reports that -- Several individuals and companies explored lot 7 Consession III, Murphy Township by trenching and diamond drilling (Table 10). here, disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite occur in the matrix of an intermediate graphitic breccia which extends north-northeast for approzimately 600 m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyodacite, Trachyte | Host |
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| Mudstone | 2 | Graphitic Argillite | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - ONeill reported assays up to 0.018% Ni from drill core. Dubeau reported assays up to 0.04 opt Au from trench samples.
File - Resident Geologist files T-609, T-940, T-2343
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Murphy Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0255 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Murphy and Wark Townships
Publication Number: P3305 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1994
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Murphy, Hoyle and Matheson townships (Porcupine gold area)
Publication Number: ARV33-03.005 Page: 50-54 Date: 1998
Author: Rose B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Murphy and Wark Townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5994 Page: 44-45 Date: 1999
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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