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Record: MDI42A05NE00034

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kennco North - 1991, Kennco Shaft - 1952
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Godfrey

Latitude: 48° 29' 6.57"    Longitude: -81° 35' 44.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455983.997   Northing: 5370397.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NE

Point Location Description: AMIS site visit

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Travel northwest 11 km from Highway 101 on Highway 576 to the Genex Mine road then 7 km southwest to Godfrey Creek. Travel on foot down the creek 1.3 km and 300 m west of the creek to the site.



Exploration History

1952: Kennco Exploration Limited - prospecting, mapping. 1964: Mespi Mines Limited - airborne geophysical survey. 1985: Kidd Creek Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4230 42A12SE2008 42A12SE2008
T-787 / 63.1289 42A12SE0272 42A12SE0272
T-2613 42A05NE0053 42A05NE0053

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Granophyre Sheared Contains

Lithology Comments

Jul 18, 2008 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted by a quartz-carbonate vein within a spherulitic quartz-feldspar microdiorite. Approximately 30 feet south of the shaft, there is a quartz stringer zone within the same host rock.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-504

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Township of Godfrey, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-04 Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Godfrey Township

Publication Number: ARV63-07 Page: 41  Date: 1997

Author: Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Turnbull and Godfrey townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2330 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Page: 54-55  Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative

Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Turnbull, Carscallen and Bristol Townships

Publication Number: P3544-REV Scale: 1:10,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hocker S.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Timmins data series, Godfrey Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2075 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Godfrey Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0967 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S., Hogg N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parts of Godfrey, Robb, Jamieson, Loveland, Macdiarmid and Thorburn Townships

Publication Number: P3556 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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