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MDI42A04NW00003
| Record Name(s) | Radio Hill - 1967, Crawford River Group - 1957 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jul-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 11' 14.99" Longitude: -81° 55' 2.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 431822.07 Northing: 5337546.82 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Ultramafic outcrop in general area of reported asbestos showing.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 approximately 50 km west of Timmins. Turn at the road to the local garbage disposal site and keep to your left past the dump. An old road exists here that at the time of writing was passable with a 4x4 vehicle. This road will take you towards the west shore of Akweskwa Lake and within a couple hundred metres of the showing.
1946-47: prospecting and stripping. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - prospecting. 1957-59: Canadian Johns-Manville - ground mag, EM, 6 ddh. 1983: Hanna Mining - regional mapping. 1983: MPH Consulting Ltd. - AEM and mag. 1991: Ross, Morin, Denomme - stripping and trenching. 1992: Falconbridge Exploration - humus/soil geochemical survey. 1994: Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Glen Auden Resources Ltd. and Golden Dragon Resources Ltd. – DD – 12 – 4095m, Assays, GC, GL, IP, Samp. 2012: Prodigy Gold Incorporated – AEM, AMag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-648 / 63.858 | 42A04NW0173 | 42A04NW0173 |
| T-2726 / 2.13542 | 42A04NW1109 | 42A04NW1109 |
| T-2726 / 2.16192 | 42A04NW0047 | 42A04NW0047 |
| T-2726 / 63.5991 | 42A05NW8529 | 42A05NW8529 |
| T-6563 / 2.53481 | 20000008321 | 20000008321 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-3398 / 2.14805 | 42A04NW0100 | 42A04NW0100 |
| T-2726 / 63.5980 | 42B04NW0102 | 42B04NW0102 |
| T-648 / | 42A04NW0151 | 42A04NW0151 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Asbestos is present in short gash veins exhibiting a variety of attitudes but two dominant strike trends, N5E and N60E.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Serpentinite | 1 | Serpentinite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serpentinite | 2 | Serpentinite | Contains | |
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 3 | Shear | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Asbestos mineralization occurs in a 300'long, 50'wide, northeasterly trending outcrop of dark grey to black serpentinite.
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - Asbestos mineralization was cut in all 3 drill holes in 1959. The veins in these holes were generally widely spaced, the mineralized sections short and the fibre did not exceed 3/16 inch in length. Disseminated sulphide minerals were noted in the country rocks in contact with the serpentinite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Asbestos is present in short gash veins cutting dark grey to black serpentinite. Asbestos fibre is generally very short but a few small veins with 1/4 fibres do exist.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Fibre exposed to date is in areas of small lateral extent, too small to be considered as ore bodies.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 5 | Replacement |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 5 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jul 08, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: The area of the Radio Hill asbestos showing was found to contain a series of small ultramafic exposures along the south slope of a northeast trending ridge. The ultramafic rocks appear massive and fine grained with occasional slightly talcose fine fractures. Alteration halos of about 0.5cm existed around fractures. Fractures commonly had a northeastern orientation. No asbestos mineralization was observed at this location however time constraints did not allow for a more thorough search of the area.
File - Resident Geologist files T-6358
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Kenogaming Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0465 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kukatush-Sewell Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R097 Page: 78 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
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Location:
Map - Penhorwood and Kenogaming townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2231 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Book - Kenogaming Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 525-526 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 66, 91-92 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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