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Record: MDI42A12SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cummings Option - 1963, Claim P37976 - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Jamieson

Latitude: 48° 33' 56.66"    Longitude: -81° 35' 18.83"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 456578   Northing: 5379350    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1953-54: C. Cummings - stripping, trenching. 1955: Dominion Gulf Company - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 1963: Mespi Mines Limited - airborne geophysics. 1969-70: Mount Jamie Mines Limited - DD-4-3923 ft.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-843 / 63.1310 42B05SW0106 42B05SW0106

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Jul 24, 2008 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the mafic metavolcanic rocks of the Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex. The Kamiskotia Volcanic Complex overlies and is intruded by the Kamiskotia Gabbroic Complex. The KVC has been dated at 2701± 1.4 to 2698± 1.3 Ma




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Basalt Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Shear Zone Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz Contains
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Andesite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 26, 2019 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a quartz vein within sheared mafic to intermediate metavolcanics. The volcanic rocks have been silicified. The quartz lens is 1 inch wide and has a length of 8 feet. The veins strike 112° along the shearing. A second vein outcrops on claim 37976. It too is parallel to the schistosity and hosts pyrite and chalcopyrite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3MalachiteEconomicOre
4CovelliteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
5PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-549, T-577

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Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Journal - Distribution and characteristics of the sulphide ores of the Timmins area; In: Transactions of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, vol. 74

Publication Number: CIMM Trans V.74 Date: 1971

Author: Pyke, D. R. and Middleton, R. S

Publisher Name: CIMM

Location: Timmins RGO library


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 - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 131  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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-304  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Map - Robb and Jamieson townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2255 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Robb and Jamieson townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GPR01 Date: 1998

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships

Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative

Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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