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Record: MDI42A12SE00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) R. G. Burke No. 2 - 1945, Claims 28005 and 28006 - 1945, Gauthier Property - 1945
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Sep-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Godfrey

Latitude: 48° 30' 27.53"    Longitude: -81° 33' 56.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458227   Northing: 5372879.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: pits on claim P28005

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1945-50:Gauthier and Burke - pitting, prospecting, sampling. 1955: Broulan Reef Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics 1964: Mespi Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1968: Hollinger Mines Ltd. -ground geophysics. 1998: Prospectors Alliance Corporation - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4230/2.19440 42A12SE2008 42A12SE2008
T-0570 42A05NE0027 42A05NE0027
T-0787 42A12SE0272 42A12SE0272

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Rhyolite Sheared Adjacent
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Granophyre Adjacent
Vein 3 Quartz-Carbonate Contains

Lithology Comments

Jul 22, 2008 (A Wilson) - Mineralized quartz veins and quartz stockworks occupy sheared zones within felsic metavolcanics. The best mienralized vein lies on former claim P28005. The vein trends N15°E and dips vertically. The vein has been traced for over 120 feet.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3GalenaEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jul 22, 2008 (A Wilson) - A grab collected from a vein on claim P28037 returned values ranging from 14.74% Cu and 0.035 oz/t Au. A channel sample from the same claim returned to 5.5% Cu and 0.03 oz/t Au over 2 feet. Chip samples collected by Hollinger in 1949 returned values up to 7.75% Cu, 0.12 oz/t Au and 1.51% Zn. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1940 returned values of 0.11 oz/t Au and 0.05 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

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-298  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


File - Resident Geologist files T-1460, T-0312

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Part - Geology of Godfrey Township

Publication Number: ARV63-07 Page: 32-34  Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

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: 129  Date: 1971

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Turnbull and Godfrey townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2330 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Godfrey Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0967 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S., Hogg N.

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 of Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships

Publication Number: P3544 Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2004

Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Timmins data series, Godfrey Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2075 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Township of Godfrey, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-04 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

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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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