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Record: MDI42B05NW00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ken-Bay Gold Mines DDH 7A - 1947, Nudulama East Property - 2004
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2001-Jul-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Leeson

Latitude: 48° 22' 29.78"    Longitude: -83° 50' 59.07"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 288977   Northing: 5361899    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 42B05NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for drill hole 7A

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east via the old Renabie Road from the north end of highway 651. From the former Renabie mine site, the Nudulama property is located approximately 750 m east of the tailings pond. The drill collars are located in a swampy area immediately to the southwest of Renabie Lake.



Exploration History

1947: Ken-Bay Gold MInes Ltd. - 9 ddh (3000 ft.). 1974-75: Nudulama Mines Ltd/Ladulama Gold Mines Ltd. - 21 ddh, IP survey, mapping. 1984: Coniagas Mines Ltd. - 15 ddh (approximately 2000 ft), percussion drilling. 2004-05: M.A. Tremblay – prospecting, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.27845 42B05NW2009 42B05NW2009
2.31020 20000000952 20000000952
WP Leeson.3/63.4588/ OM84-5-P-276 42B05NW0012 42B05NW0012
Leeson 0017A1 /2.1980 42B05NW0034 42B05NW0034
Leeson 0022/2.1773 42B05NW0037 42B05NW0037
Leeson 0024A1 / DD15 42B05NW0043 42B05NW0043
Leeson 0026 / donation 42B05NW0020 42B05NW0020

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Michipicoten

Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Tonalite 2 Tonalite Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 25, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best intersection obtained by Ken-Bay Gold Mines Ltd. returned 0.08 oz/t Au over 15.5 ft. Other intersections from 1974 drilling, returned assays of 0.077 oz/t Au over 15 ft, 0.063 oz/t Au over 10.4 ft and 0.060 oz/t Au over over 12.0 ft. Trenching completed by Anglo Dominion Mines in 1984 returned assays of 0.315 oz/t Au over 15 ft; 0.15 oz/t Au over 3 ft, 0.115 oz/t Au over 6 ft. The best assay recovered by M. Tremblay was 0.023 oz/t Au. Copper values up to 1290 ppm also were recovered from the same general area.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Map - Rennie-Leeson area, District of Sudbury, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51G Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Bruce E.L., Horwood H.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Renabie Mines Limited, Nudulama Mines Limited and adjoining properties, surface geology, parts of Rennie, Leeson and Brackin townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0492 Scale: 1:6,000    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


Part - Geology of the Rennie-Leeson area

Publication Number: ARV51-08.001 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Bruce E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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