Tommy Burns Mine (M&M Porcupine; Arcadia; Malga), Shaw Township, Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tommy Burns Mine (M&M Porcupine; Arcadia; Malga) | Mine |
| Shaw Township | Township |
| Timmins | City |
| Cochrane District | District |
| Ontario | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 22' 57'' North , 81° 5' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Timmins | 42,997 (2017) | 20.5km |
| Iroquois Falls | 4,232 (2008) | 52.0km |
Mindat Locality ID:
256321
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:256321:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0c4eab2d-6b46-48b1-8a80-e8499e62fd7e
History:
1917: Tommy Burns Gold Mining Co. - 21 tons milled.
1921-22: Tommy Burns Gold Mines Ltd. - 2 shafts sunk on claims ED 372 and ED 372; trenching; No. 1 shaft sunk to 105 feet, lateral development.
1921-22: Triplex Gold Mines Ltd. - No. 2 shaft sunk to 125 feet, lateral development. 1937: Arcadia Gold Mines Ltd. -trenching, surface drilling and sampling of the underground workings.
1938: Credo Porpcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - test pits, 5015 feet surface diamond drilling.
1942: Wolfsteve Mining and development Company Ltd. - 800 tons of ore taken from open cut, 292 tons of ore milled at Buffalo Ankerite.
1944-46: Malga Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - No 3 shaft sunk to 221 feet on claim ED373, 14000 feet diamond drilling.
1964-64: M and M Porcupine Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground magnetic survey, bulk sampling, 2200 feet diamond drilling, underground work 1984: Kidd Creek Mines - 58 ddh (2439 m)(T-80).
Geology:
Secondary quartz and carbonate veins contain gold mineralization in the vicinity of two local drag folds in banded iron formation. The iron formation is overlain by volcanic agglomerate and by pillow lava and amygdaloidal andesites. The iron formation is underlain by highly carbonated basalt. Several sills of fine-grained felsite intrude the lavas. The best gold values are found on either the footwall or hanging wall of the iron formation. Three separate veins are found on the original property, the Tommy Burns, the Macklem and the Carshaw.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Gold Formula: Au References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| S | Sulfur | |
|---|---|---|
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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