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| Record Name(s) | Torchia Option - 1965, Mespi Mines DDH TOR #1 - 1965 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Mar-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Turnbull
Latitude: 48° 32' .93" Longitude: -81° 40' 39.2"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 449981.001 Northing: 5375831.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12SE
Point Location Description: drill collar for TOR #1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1957: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - staking. 1965: Mespi Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, geology, DD-2-346 ft. 1970: Turnbull Syndicate - ground geophysics, DD-2. 1980: Tegalder Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1993: R. Rousseau - geology, ground geophysics. 1998: E Charters: ground geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3593, OP93-131 | 42A12SE0022 | 42A12SE0022 |
| T-3593 | 42A12SE8900 | 42A12SE8900 |
| T-4011 | 42A12SE2003 | 42A12SE2003 |
| T-900 | 42A12SE0525 | 42A12SE0525 |
| T-2366 | 42A06NW0302 | 42A06NW0302 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Rhyolite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 2 | Carbonate | Host |
Feb 29, 2008 (A Wilson) - Elevated Zn values were returned from narrow carbonate breccia stringers within rhyolite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 29, 2008 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.45% Zn over 3.1 ft in drill hole TOR #1. Assays from the Turnbull Syndicate drilling returned best values of 0.15% Cu
File - Resident Geologist files T-328, T-1073
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Turnbull Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0966 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of Turnbull and Godfrey townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5118 Date: 1975
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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:
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, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships
Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000 Date: 2005
Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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