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| Record Name(s) | Austin - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Kehoe
Latitude: 46° 35' 19.02" Longitude: -83° 58' 22.92"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 272249.956 Northing: 5163744.556 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J12SW
Point Location Description: 2 shafts, adit, trench
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 1.85 kilometres north of Echo Lake, 400 metres west of Gimby Lake in Kehoe Township. Map 1413A shows another occurrence (Echo Lake Occurrence MDI41J12SW00047) as the Austin,this is probably just a labelling error.
1877-1882: Two shafts, 42 feet and 30 feet deep and an adit 85 feet long by Austin Mining Co. 1955: Unknown footage of d.d. in 15 holes, trenching by Lock City Copper Mines Ltd. 1961-1962: 41 feet of d.d. in 1 hole, EM, SP, geol. survey, sampling by Denison Mines Ltd.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Kehoe-0011-B1 | 41J12SW0020 | 41J12SW0020 |
| Kehoe-0011-A1 | 41J12SW0017 | 41J12SW0017 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz sulphide veins cutting Gowganda argillite. The veins strike N60W and dips 30S. The vein system has been traced for a length of 1200 feet, and the width is up to 7 feet. Assays of samples from trenches ranged from 0.05% Cu over 7 feet to 2.50% Cu over 10 feet. Of 19 samples, only 4 assayed more than 1% Cu (File SSM-117).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Two Horse Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2448 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Echo Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1413A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1977
Author: Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109094
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 35 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P1238 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Sawiuk M., Whittaker P.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R210 Page: 50-51 Date: 1982
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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:
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Page: 127-128 Date: 1925
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853
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:
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1917, Part E
Publication Number: GSC SR 1917E Page: 7-8 Date: 1918
Author: Collins, W H
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103713
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 - Provincial Assay Office
Publication Number: ARV08-02.012 Page: 295 Date: 1998
Author: Wells J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5277 Page: 70 Date: 1979
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Thesis - The Geology of the Sault Ste. Marie Map Area
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 307-308 Date: 1963
Author: Hay, R.E.
Publisher Name: McGill University
Location: SSM RGP
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 79 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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: 116 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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