Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Beaver Bethnal #1 - 1931 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Mar-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Chester
Latitude: 47° 34' 57.41" Longitude: -81° 52' 37.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 434050.6 Northing: 5270283.71 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12SW
Point Location Description: Pit on east shore of Mesomikenda Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Very easy access is possible via a short boat trip down Mesomikenda Lake from the public launch on the Mesomikenda Access road 2 km from Highway 144.
1931: Beaver Bethnal Syndicate - trenching. 1985-87: Blue Falcon Mines - airborne VLF-EM and magnetic survey, trenching. 2007: Augen Gold Corp. – AEM, AMag. ARAD. 2011: Sanatana Resources Inc. – AEM, AMag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5671 / 2.37373 | 20000002805 | 20000002805 |
| T-6419 / 2.51243 | 20000007132 | 20000007132 |
| T-2837 / W8806-00050 | 41P12SW5086 | 41P12SW5086 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2740 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GSC OF 3384G
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Other than being located on the contact, the showing is also located on the northern extension of the same Matachewan lineament as the Lawrence Copper Showing.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Quartz-Sericite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralfization is located on the sheared and metamorphosed contact of the Ridout sedimentary rocks and the Chester Granitoid Complex.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Sericite | Alteration | Saussuritization | 1 | Weak | Replacement |
Oct 18, 2013 (A Wilson) - Small quantities of euhedral pyrite and chalcopyrite are reported. Assays from channel sampling completed by Beaver Bethnal Syndicate reportedly ran 4 g/t Au.
Map - Three Duck Lakes area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM41D Scale: 1:47,520 Date: 1997
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Three Duck lakes area
Publication Number: ARV41-03.001 Date: 1998
Author: Laird H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chester and Yeo townships, and parts of Neville and Potier townships, Jerome area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2449 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Chester, Neville, Potier and Yeo Townships
Publication Number: OFM0214 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Preliminary report on the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, gold deposits file
Publication Number: OFR5467 Date: 1983
Author: Hodgson C.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 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:
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: 469-470 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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