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Record: MDI41J05NW00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kirk - 1920
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1999-Nov-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Aberdeen

Latitude: 46° 29' 56.32"    Longitude: -83° 48' 54.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 283991.944   Northing: 5153340.44    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05NW

Point Location Description: Shaft, adit

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Near the south east shore of the south west bay of Aberdeen Lake (also known as Bass Lake).



Exploration History

1919-21: Shaft inclined at 55 degrees is 126 feet in depth. On the 50 foot level there is 360 feet of drifting. An adit with the portal near the shaft collar was driven east for 625 feet. Work by Kirk Gold Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.9485 / SSMP_Aberdeen-01 41J05NW0001 41J05NW0001

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Diabase contains quartz vein 2 to 8 feet wide and dipping 55 degrees South.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 13  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 1, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Rainy River, and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: MDC013 Page: 18  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A., Groen H.A., Haynes R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV29-01.003 Page: 68-69  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Bruce Mines-Lake George area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1414A

Publication Number: Map 1414A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1977

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109095


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV30-01.003 Page: 64  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Aberdeen Area

Publication Number: P3298 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1994

Author: Jackson S.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV31-10.002 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Webster A.R., Cole G.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV32-06.002 Page: 29  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV33-07.002 Page: 34  Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Gold occurrences of Ontario east of lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192

Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 21  Date: 1936

Author: Kindle, E D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 77  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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