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| Record Name(s) | Culbert-Peterson-Dubroy - 1926, Culbert Group - 1985, Paymaster Vein - 1929, Bremner-Falconbridge West - 1984, Neswabin Gold Property - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Lead
Township or Area: Walls
Latitude: 48° 59' 7.18" Longitude: -84° 0' 5.27"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 719371 Northing: 5430158 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B13NW
Point Location Description: Showing on sketch in T-2257
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible via highway 533 south of Hearst for approximately 10 km and then 110 km ESE via a series of forestry roads.
1926: Culbert and Peterson and Dubroy - stripping, trenching, 15 ft shaft sunk on SSM 4678. 1934: Neswoba Gold Mining Syndicate/Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. - 11 ddh (1493.3 ft). 1972: Glick Mining Syndicate - trenching, stripping. 1972-73: Metalhawk Mining Ltd. - geological report, ground geophysics. 1979: St. Joseph's Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1981: L. Armstrong - trenching. 1984-86: Falconbridge Limited - mapping, ground geophysics, geochemistry, trenching. 1988-90: Seaview Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, prospecting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2257/2.1259 | 42B13NW0207 | 42B13NW0207 |
| T-2764/2.6751 | 42B04SW0216 | 42B04SW0216 |
| T-2764/2.8133 | 42B13NW0203 | 42B13NW0203 |
| T-3337/ 2.13333 | 42B13NE0209 | 42B13NE0209 |
| T-2764/ 2.7801 | 42G14SW0215 | 42G14SW0215 |
| T-3337/ 2.12814 | 42B13NE0210 | 42B13NE0210 |
| T-2257/ 63.3013 | 42B13NW0208 | 42B13NW0208 |
| T-2339 | 42G04SW5009 | 42G04SW5009 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Dayohessarah-Kabinakagami
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2.7 GA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Hornblende | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host | |
| Tonalite | 3 | Tonalite | Sheared | Near |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 4 | Sericite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of 7 parallel quartz veins ranging in width from 1 inch to a few feet. The veins lie at the contact between hornblende schists lying to the north, and a granitic (tonalite?) intrusion on the south.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Sericitization | 1 | Weak | Disseminated | ||
| Hematite | Alteration | Hematization | 2 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling completed by Erie Canadian in 1934 returned the following assays - $0.40 over 1.6 ft, $0.80 over 2.6 ft. Channel samples collected by G. Babcock in 1954 averaged about 0.85 oz/t Au over 3 ft and one sample ran 5 oz/t over 4 ft. Grab samples collected by Falconbridge in 1984 returned values >10 000 ppb Au., Grab samples collected by Seaview Resources in 1988 returned assays of 0.11 oz/t Au and 0.23 oz/t Au.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
File - Resident Geologist files T-2259, T-3432
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Fire River sheet, District of Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0270 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Carlson H.D.
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: 71 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Missinaibi Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0672 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Oba area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM38C Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Maynard J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2116 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1967
Author: Carlson H.D., Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Oba area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: ARV38-06.004 Page: 122-123 Date: 1998
Author: Maynard J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 105 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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: 42 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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