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Record: MDI41O10NE00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kidd Creek Sample Aa19814 - 1983, Newman - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-23
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Cunningham

Latitude: 47° 43' 34.96"    Longitude: -82° 42' 25.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 371986.76   Northing: 5287300.3    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41O10NE

Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site was not visited by the OGS.



Exploration History

1973-75: Sicintine Mines Ltd. completed diamond drilling, EM survey. 1982-85: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. carried out geological mapping, diamond drilling, HLEM, VLF and magnetometer surveys. 1983: R.A. MacGregor carried out assaying and analyses. 1991-1992: Noble Peak Resources Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (electromagnetic, gravity, magnetometer), open cutting, geochemical survey. 1991: W. Troup and B. Cotton carried out a ground geophysical survey (electromagnetic, magnetometer), geological mapping, geochemical survey, prospecting. 2012-2014: F.A. Broomhead and K.W. Broomhead carried out overburden stripping, manual labour, prospecting, assaying and analyses. 2016-2017: F.A. Broomhead and K.W. Broomhead carried out manual labour, prospecting, assaying and analyses.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
OM91-158 41O10NE0002 41O10NE0002
2.54461 20000009065 20000009065
2.55012 20000008208 20000008208
T-3478 / 2.14522 41O10NE0093 41O10NE0093
T-3478 / 2.14523 41O10NE0090 41O10NE0090
T-7004 / 2.57814 20000015593 20000015593
T-2058 / 2.1837 41O10NE0050 41O10NE0050
T-2058 / 27 41O10NE0068 41O10NE0068
2.8939 41O10NE9103 41O10NE9103
2.6630 41O10NE0026 41O10NE0026

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Swayze

Tectonic Assemblage: Hong Kong

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2729 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ironstone-unsubdivided 1 Banded Iron Formation Contains
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Chert 3 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A sample of a carbonate vein returned an assay of 4.4% Zn and 6500 ppm Pb.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-2512

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario

Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453


MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)

Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 125  Date: 1995

Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Cunningham Township - Unpublished GDIF

Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986

Author: Resident Geologist Staff

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


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