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Record: MDI41J12SW00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gimby - 1969, Pitch - Ore Uranium - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Cobalt

Secondary Commodities: Silver



Location

Township or Area: Kehoe

Latitude: 46° 32' 4.68"    Longitude: -83° 58' 49.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 271464.898   Northing: 5157767.519    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J12SW

Point Location Description: Trenching

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 700 metres north of the south boundary of Kehoe Township, 5.8 kilometres west of the east township boundary.



Exploration History

About 1954: Trenching by J.E. Gimby. 1955: 627 feet of d.d. in 6 holes by Pitch-Ore Uranium Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Kehoe-0010-A1 41J12SW0022 41J12SW0022

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Sulphides, cobalt bloom on quartz veins cutting diabase. Two grab samples assayed 3.14% Cu, 7.1% Co, trace Ag and nil Cu, 2.26% Co, trace Ag. (File SSM-119). Only Cu assay from drill core was 0.05%. Core samples assayed for Co yielded nil. Unidentified cobalt mineral.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files Kehoe-0012

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


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 - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 20  Date: 1968

Author: Sergiades A.O.

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:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 36  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:


MonoMap - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: R210 Page: 54  Date: 1982

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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 - Geology of the Two Horse Lake area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: OFR5277 Page: 77  Date: 1979

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


Publication - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A

Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Page: 297  Date: 1979

Author: Pearson, W N

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104860


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: 117  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Thesis - Copper Metallogeny, North Shore Region of Lake Huron, Ontario

Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 191-193  Date: 1980

Author: Pearson, W.N.

Publisher Name: Queen's University

Location: Sault Ste. Marie RGP office


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