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| Record Name(s) | Akweskwa Lake - 1951 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 8' 23.97" Longitude: -81° 55' 23.48"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 431321 Northing: 5332272 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Outcrop near junction of two creeks.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 west of Timmins approximately 55 km until you reach the Kenogaming Road. Follow this road keeping left until you come a secondary road heading east this road will take you within about 50m of showing. Alternately take the Akweskwa Lake Access Road as far as the boat launch at Akweskwa Lake. By boat travel to the southern most bay and take an old drill/logging road aproximately 1 km keeping to the left. Outcrop is about 25m south of road.
1946-47: prospecting. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - reconnaissance exploration. 1952-56: Norduna Mines - diamond drilling. 1960: Jonsmith Mines - diamond drilling. 1965: Falconbridge Nickel Company - ground mag, EM and self potential, diamond drillling. 1973: Hanna Mining - regional reconnaissance. 1976: Canadian Johns-Manville Co. - ground mag and EM surveys. 1983: Ingamar Exploration - trenching, stripping, sampling, ground VLF, airborne mag, VLF-EM. 1983: MPH Consulting - airborne mag, VLF-EM.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-429 / 63.3106 | 42A04NW0175 | 42A04NW0175 |
| T-527 / 63.325 | 42A04NW0170 | 42A04NW0170 |
| T-527 / 63A.44 | 42A04NW0171 | 42A04NW0171 |
| T-2793 / 2.6379 | 42A04NW0137 | 42A04NW0137 |
| T-2793 / 2.7342 | 42A04NW0132 | 42A04NW0132 |
| T-3633 / 2.15465 | 42A04NW0010 | 42A04NW0010 |
| T-3633 / OP93-734 | 42A04NW0068 | 42A04NW0068 |
| T-3752 / 2.17887 | 42A04NW0073 | 42A04NW0073 |
| T-3752 / 2.16399 | 42A04NW0052 | 42A04NW0052 |
| T-3752 / 2.17958 | 42A04NW0074 | 42A04NW0074 |
| T-2845 / 63.4078 | 42A04NW8570 | 42A04NW8570 |
| T-429 / 2.765 | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-2000 / 2.3324 | 42A04NW0144 | 42A04NW0144 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0122 | 42A04NW0122 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-527 / donation | donation | donation |
| T-622 / 63.1924 | 42A04NW0161 | 42A04NW0161 |
| T-2793 / 2.8437 | 42A04NW0130 | 42A04NW0130 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted by a massive, fine- to medium-grained, highly serpentinized peridotite with about 2% disseminated sulphides.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolite | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Massive fine to medium grain peridotite/serpentinite with < 2% sulphides. Outcrop is moderately fractured with common rusty alteration along fracture surfaces.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Milne describes the occurrence as being composed of serpentinite cross cut by several talc-magnetite filled shear zones. Disseminated pyrite and pyrrhotite were described at the site.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Mineralization consists of 2-3% blebs of pyrite and pyrrhotite within predominantly massive serpentinized ultramafic.
Aug 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - A channel sample taken across a 40 ft width averaged 0.73% Ni. A Noranda drill hole retuned a value of 0.88% Ni and 0.156% Cu between 15 and 40 feet (T-527). Grab samples taken by the OGS in 1993 returned values of 1.7 g/t Ag and 0.27% Ni and 1.6 g/t Ag and 0.282% Ni.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .105 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | .134 | % | |||
| Gold | Unknown | .04 | ppm | |||
| Gold | Unknown | 0 | ppm | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0001 | % | |||
| Lead | Unknown | .0001 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .282 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .276 | % | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 1.6 | ppm | |||
| Silver | Unknown | 1.7 | ppm | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0063 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .0065 | % |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 25, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: Outcrop was visited that appears beside a Ni mineralization symbol on geology map ODM P.465. 10x6m outcrop appears to be predominantly massive fine to medium grained ultramafic peridotite with 2% sulphides ( Py, Po ). Outcrop is highly serpentinized and appears to have been previously sampled over various points along its surface. There does not appear to be any large channel sample or trench as is indicated in some of the references which leads to the conclusion that their seems to be some confusion as to the location of the occurrence. This showing may be confused with another nickel showing to the north.
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 98 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:
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 252 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
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: 86-87 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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: 511-512 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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