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| Record Name(s) | Amax Ken-1 - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 9' 53.79" Longitude: -81° 53' 35.82"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 433578 Northing: 5335019 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Old clearing believed to be the location, or very near the location, of drill setup.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 west from Timmins until you reach where the Opishing River crosses the highway between Opishing and Beaucage Lakes. Take the Akweskwa Lake access road as far as the boat launch. An old road, passable by foot or ATV, follows the east shore of the lake and will take you within a couple hundred metres of the showing.
1978 Amax Minerals conducted a magnetic and electromagnetic geophysical survey in '78 that was followed up by a one hole drill program in 1979. The drilling intersected predominantly ultramafics with some slightly anomalous Ni values. 1984 MPH Consulting Ltd. conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF-electromagnetic survey over the majority of Reeves, Sewell, Penhorwood and Kenogaming Townships for the H.W.S. Syndicate (R.J. Sheppard). This airborne survey included the area of this showing. 1997-1998: Mord, Salo & Salo – DD – 1 – 394ft, Assays, Mag, Pr.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1868 / 2.2620 | 42A04NW8555 | 42A04NW8555 |
| T-2799 / 2.8066 | 42B01NE0105 | 42B01NE0105 |
| T-4175 / OP97-321 | 42A04NW2003 | 42A04NW2003 |
| T-4029 / 2.18451 | 42A04NW2003 | 42A04NW2003 |
| T-1868 / | 42A04NW8557 | 42A04NW8557 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Temagami
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Predominantly fine grained and massive.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous Ni values were returned from drill core within a carbonatized and serpentinized ultramafic unit containing talc and chlorite bands.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Anomalous Ni values reported in a drill log. High Ni value of 0.25% occurs within a carbonated and serpentinized ultramafic. The carbonate ultramafic is described as being a pale grey, fine grained, strongly carbonated ultramafic (with) minor talc and chlorite rich bands throughout.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnesite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - The only mineralization reported is the alteration mineralogy, talc and serpentine, and magnesite.
Aug 17, 2017 (P Bousquet) - The best intersection from hole KEN-1 intersected 5 feet at 0.25% Ni in a “carbonated and serpentinized ultramafic rock, medium green grey, fine grained, massive” (T-1868). Another hole performed in the vicinity returned assays of 0.201% Ni and 0.211% Ni over 4 and 3 ft respectively (T-4175).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 30, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: Although no drill collar was located, a large clearing was found that coincided with the location of the drill set-up as could be best determined from the assessment file location sketch. It is believed that this clearing is either the location of the drill set-up or is very near to the actual location.
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
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:
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 - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R297 Page: 52 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: 503-504 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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