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Record: MDI42A12NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jamieson Claims - 1931, Byers Lake - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Dec-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Byers

Latitude: 48° 41' 27.37"    Longitude: -81° 47' 11.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 442106.98   Northing: 5393398.08    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12NW

Point Location Description: Trench in iron formation on former claim P.17021

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1930: Jamieson Exploration Company - trenching, sampling. 1964-65: Mespi Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. ). 1975: McIntye-Porcupine Mines Ltd. – Airborne geophysics. 2013-2015: International Explorers and Prospectors Inc. – Compilation.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-740 / 63.1663 42A12NE0656 42A12NE0656
T-787 / 63.1287 42A12NE0653 42A12NE0653
T-6785 / 2.55335 20000014214 20000014214
T-6788 / 2.55277 20000014215 20000014215
T-740 / 63.1599 42A12NW0105 42A12NW0105
T-787 / 63.1327 42A13SE0096 42A13SE0096

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Near
Vein 2 Host
Quartz Porphyry 3 Quartz Sheared, Schisted Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated gold values were returned from a 2 ft wide quartz vein that intrudes iron formation. An adjacent claim reportedly hosted a mineralized zone in sheared quartz-porphyry.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from the quartz vein reportedly returned an assay of 0.24 oz/t Au.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 6.1 .6

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: 42A-299  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist files T-6365

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Byers Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0838 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1973

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Groundhog-Kamiskotia area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40C Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Graham A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Groundhog-Kamiskotia area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: ARV40-03.002 Page: 35-36  Date: 1998

Author: Graham A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:

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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 125  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 105-106  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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