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Record: MDI42A12SE00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cincinnati Porcupine Mines Ltd. DH CP-9 - 1966
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Mar-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Robb

Latitude: 48° 36' 2.76"    Longitude: -81° 39' 31.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 451430.998   Northing: 5383285.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: Precise--collar of drillhole

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1966-67: Cincinnati Porcupine Mines Ltd. - 3 DDH (2546 ft), airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1988-98: Falconbridge Ltd. - 2 DDH (763 m), ground geophysics, gravity


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.1805, T-1166 42A12SE0259 42A12SE0259
43, T-3189, W8906.00460 42A12SE0227 42A12SE0227
T-1166 / 63.2097 42A12SE0250 42A12SE0250
T-3189 42A12SE0232 42A12SE0232
T-4005 42A12SE2002 42A12SE2002
T-1166 / 63.1830 42A12NE0648 42A12NE0648
31, T-1166 42A12NE0244 42A12NE0244

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Geology Comments

Aug 20, 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
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 20, 2008 (A Wilson) - Narrow quartz veins (approximately 3 inches) are found within sheared intermediate metavolcanics. Sulphides are found within the quartz veins and within bedrock.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 14, 2007 (D Draper) - A 5 foot sample taken at 303ft of siliceous sediments mineralized with po and cpy returned 0.30% Cu. (T- 1166)


Aug 20, 2008 (A Wilson) - A 5 foot wide interval of diamond drill core returned 0.30% Cu. Anomalous Ni values up to 0.01% Ni and silver values up to 0.03 oz/t were intersected in intervals up to 3 m in width.



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:


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-301  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:


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:


Publication - Drill Core Library Catalogue

Publication Number: TI3059 Date: 1901

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: TIMMINS DISTRICT DRILL CORE LIBRARY


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:


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