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Record: MDI31L13NW00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keith Property - 1972
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Law

Latitude: 46° 53' 12.52"    Longitude: -79° 47' 31.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 592016   Northing: 5193294    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31L13NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of test pit

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1972: H.A. Keith - sampling, assays. 1999-2000: Temex Resources Ltd. - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2998 31L13NW0001 31L13NW0001
CO-2575/ 2.20531 31M04SE2006 31M04SE2006
CO-2631 / 2.19845 31M04SW2034 31M04SW2034

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Greywacke Adjacent
Conglomerate 2 Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Sheared Contains
Diabase 3 Diabase Sheared Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from a test pit in 1972 assayed 2.22% Cu and 2.10% Cu. The sample widths were 2.5 feet. A sample of a quartz vein containing chalcopyrite assayed 1.15% Cu. A chip sample across the northeast side of the pit assayed 0.054% nickel. The best silver assays were <0.1 oz/t Ag



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Book - KEITH, HERBERT A

Publication Number: Date: 1975

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Geological Compilation of the Cobalt-Temagami Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3581 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2006

Author: Ayer J.A., Chartrand J.E., Grabowski G.P.B., Josey S.D., Rainsford D.R.B., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Tomiko area (west half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P0678 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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