Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kenogaming Chromite - 1924 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jul-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Chromium
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 8' 57.85" Longitude: -81° 57' 20.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 428907.07 Northing: 5333347.81 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Serpentinite outcrop along Crawford River east of Lown Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 west of Timmins approximately 50 km until you reach the Kenogaming Road. Follow this road south keeping to the left until you reach a secondary road just before crossing the Crawford River. Follow this road south about 3 km, past Lawn Lake, to where an old road exists to the east. A 700m traverse past the end of this road will take you to the showing. Alternately the main road will take you within about a 100 m of the showing but on the wrong side of the river.
1946-47: mapping stripping and trenching. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - mapping. 1952-56: Norduna Mines - 10 ddh. 1965: Jade Oil and Gas Co. - ground mag and EM. 1973: Hanna Mining - regional mapping. 1974: Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd. – Mag. 1976: Canadian Johns-Manville Co. - ground mag and EM surveys. 1979: Utah Mines Ltd. - mag survey. 1983: MPH Consulting - airborne mag and VLF-EM. 1983: Golden Range Resources Inc. - IP, mag, EM surveys, stripping, trenching, mapping and drilling. 1988-89: Halley Resources - 11 ddh. 1190: Falconbridge Ltd. – EM, Mag. 1992: Falconbridge Ltd. - humus and soil geochemistry survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2751 / 2.8587 | 20000004926 | 20000004926 |
| T-2751 / 2.6176 | 42A04NW0139 | 42A04NW0139 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-3398 / 2.13542 | 42A04NW1109 | 42A04NW1109 |
| T-2751 / donation | 42A04NW0139 | 42A04NW0139 |
| T-1678 / 2.1666 | 42A04NW0160 | 42A04NW0160 |
| T-2799 / 2.8066 | 42B01NE0105 | 42B01NE0105 |
| T-3398 / 2.14805 | 42A04NW0100 | 42A04NW0100 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0158 | 42A04NW0158 |
| T-1138 / 63.1739 | 42A04NW0164 | 42A04NW0164 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0155 | 42A04NW0155 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Serpentinite | 1 | Serpentinite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - A few lines in the 1924 ODM Annual Report, Vol 33, Pt 6, Pg-17 simply states: All of the serpentine rocks in the area carry small amounts of chromite. An analysis of a sample taken from the outcrop on the Crawford river in Kenogaming township gave 0.24% chromium at the Provincial Assay Office.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chromite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A sample taken from an outcrop on the Crawford River gave an assay of 0.24% Cr. The sample and analysis were taken in 1924.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Map - Groundhog River area west and south of Porcupine, districts of Sudbury and Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM33G Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1998
Author: Todd E.W.
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 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Part - Groundhog River area
Publication Number: ARV33-06.001 Page: 17 Date: 1998
Author: Todd E.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
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: 545-525 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Kenogaming Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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