Survey Metadata

Till, Indicator minerals

Ontario

  

Overburden sampling survey, NTS 42A/11, Owl Creek Mine area, Timmins area, Ontario.





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Survey Description


Till samples were collected from overburden drill holes near the Owl Creek Mine open pit, Timmins, Ontario.  No sampling year was given.  Heavy mineral concentrates were prepared from the -10 mesh fraction of the overburden samples and were analyzed for gold by INAA.

A description of the work is found in Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v.28 (1987).

Publication History

Index Publication
1 Bird, D.J., Coker, W.B. (1987). Quaternary stratigraphy and geochemistry at the Owl Creek gold mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Jounal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 28, p. 267-284. ( more)

Geographic Extent

Minimum Latitude Maximum Latitude Minimum Longitude Maximum Longitude
48.5417° 48.5533° -81.1459° -81.132°

The geographic extent of the survey is defined by the following polygons:

  • Covers a small part of NTS 42A/11 (Pamour) near the Owl Creek Mine, northern Ontario.  The study area is located in Hoyle Township about 18 km northeast of the city of Timmins and 2 km west of Hoyle Pond Mine.

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