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Record: MDI42A12SE00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hill-Haggquist Claims - 1920, Vatco Exploration Sample KR-16 - 1984, Lusiakoff-Hill Claims - 1925
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Robb

Latitude: 48° 32' 36.53"    Longitude: -81° 38' 10.42"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 453041.001   Northing: 5376903.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: sample site KR-16 on map in T-2529

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1924: Homestake Company - sampling, trenching. 19? - Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Limited - sampling, diamond drilling (DD-2). 1981-83: Vatco Exploration Inc. -mapping, sampling, ground geophysics. 1985-87: Opex Resources Inc./ Legion Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD 2


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2529 42A12SE0354 42A12SE0354
T-2982 42A12SE0246 42A12SE0246
T-2982 / OM85-5P-271 42A12SE0238 42A12SE0238
T-2529 42A12SE0251 42A12SE0251

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz Diorite 1 Porphyritic Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Contains
Gabbro 3 Gabbro Near

Lithology Comments

Aug 25, 2008 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a series of narrow quartz stringers within a felsic intrusive.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 25, 2008 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Vatco Exploration returned 0.08 oz/t gold. Assays from diamond drilling completed by Legion Resources Ltd. returned nil gold



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological series, Robb Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0694 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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:


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 - 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 - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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 - 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

Location:


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:


Part - Geology of the Robb-Jamieson area

Publication Number: ARV53-04.001 Page: 14  Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 135  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Map - Robb-Jamieson area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53C Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G., Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Kamiskotia gold area (District of Cochrane)

Publication Number: ARV34-06.002 Page: 58-59  Date: 1998

Author: Finley F.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Kamiskotia Lake gold area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM34F Scale: 1:47,520    Date: 1998

Author: Finley F.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Robb Township

Publication Number: P0019 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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