Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A04NW00021
| Record Name(s) | Jonsmith 2 - 1991, Jonsmith Main Showing - 1960 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jul-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 8' 49.36" Longitude: -81° 54' 54.27"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 431934.05 Northing: 5333048.81 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: East/west trending trench believed to be in general area of the old drill hole.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
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 that will take you within about 200m of the located trench.
1946-47: prospecting. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - prospecting. 1952-57: Norduna Mines - diamond drilling. 1960: Jonsmith Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1965: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - ground mag, Em and self potential surveys, 8 ddh. 1971: Norvalie Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1978-80: Texasgulf Canada Ltd. - mag and VLF surveys. 1983: Ingamar Exploration Ltd. - stripping, trenching and sampling, gound VLF suvey, airborne mag, VLF and EM. 1984-85: Bearcat Exploration - ground VLF and IP surveys, trenching, sampling and mapping. 1988-89 - Halley Resource - 11 ddh.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-429 / donation | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-527 / 63.325 | 42A04NW0170 | 42A04NW0170 |
| T-622 / donation | 42A04NW0159 | 42A04NW0159 |
| T-2793 / 2.6285 | 42A04NW0138 | 42A04NW0138 |
| T-2793 / 2.7342 | 42A04NW0132 | 42A04NW0132 |
| T-2793 / 2.8619 | 42A04NW1028 | 42A04NW1028 |
| T-2793 / 2.6379 | 42A04NW0137 | 42A04NW0137 |
| T-2793 / 2.8437 | 42A04NW0130 | 42A04NW0130 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-2845 / 2.6417 | 42A04NW0135 | 42A04NW0135 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0158 | 42A04NW0158 |
| T-2799 / 2.8066 | 42B01NE0105 | 42B01NE0105 |
| T-2000 / 2.3324 | 42A04NW0144 | 42A04NW0144 |
| T-2793 / 2.5820 | 42A04NW0141 | 42A04NW0141 |
| T-2845 / 63.4078 | 42A04NW8570 | 42A04NW8570 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0122 | 42A04NW0122 |
| T-429 / 2.765 | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-622 / 63.1924 | 42A04NW0161 | 42A04NW0161 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0155 | 42A04NW0155 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Sheared and bedded at 45 deg to core axis.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Vein | Quartz | Host |
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Basalt | Near | |
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 4 | Shear | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 5 | Contains |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Highly anomalous gold values associated with a drill hole at a vertical depth of approximately 16.3m. Unit is described as well pyritized tuff with an 8 quartz vein section with pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. Overall the unit is described as being banded, sheared and siliceous. The majority of the hole is lightly pyritized with quartz stringers and sericite alteration.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Medium | Veins |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - The largest gold assay, 0.92 oz/ton occurs with a quartz vein mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite and galena. A lesser gold value is reported to be associated with a well pyritized section with several 2 massive pyrite seams.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1993 returned values of 6.43 g/t Au and 0.7 g/t Ag, 11.76 g/t Au and 1.4 g/t Au.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .0075 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | .0081 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 11.76 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 6.43 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .01 | ppm | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0053 | % | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0052 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0003 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0004 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | .7 | ppm | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 1.4 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0095 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0081 | % |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jul 17, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: Original Comments are more than 2000 characters. The data cannot be converted, however the data will still be available in Digitial Prospector Database
File - Resident Geologist files T-2845
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
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 - Geology of the Kukatush-Sewell Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R097 Page: 90-91 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:
Publisher Name:
Location:
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 - 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: 516-518 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R297 Page: 48-49 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.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
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 107 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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