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| Record Name(s) | Gold Cliff Adit - 1898 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper
Township or Area: Kelly
Latitude: 46° 45' 37.4" Longitude: -80° 32' 35.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 534887.001 Northing: 5178639.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SE
Point Location Description: adit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Kukagami Lake road to public boat launch on northwest shore of West Bay of lake. Navigate to north end then south between large island and mainland around point, then west past the south end of another point to steep shoreline. Site is as base of hill, 4 m up from waterline.
1895-98: Gold Cliff Mining Company - stripping, adit
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz-Carbonate | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wacke | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Host |
Mar 29, 2010 (A Wilson) - The property is described as consisting of 8 east-trending veins, up to 15 inches in width. The veins are found within the massive gabbro and the pebbly wacke.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 29, 2010 (A Wilson) - Early reports note that the veins were rich in free gold. A grab sample collected by B. Gates in 1988 returned 0.43% Cu and 11,800 ppb Au
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Kelly and Davis townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2037 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E., Card K.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Fourth report on the west Ontario gold region
Publication Number: ARV07-02.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Kelly Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF390 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Sudbury mineral occurrence study
Publication Number: OFR5771 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Gates B.I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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