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Record: MDI42A05SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Simpson-Marcot Claims - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Keefer

Latitude: 48° 17' 47.06"    Longitude: -81° 44' 13.29"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 445337.16   Northing: 5349507.744    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05SW

Point Location Description: Tuffaceous outcrop in patented claim P.22841

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The area is located approximately 20 km west of the junction of highways 101 and 144. On the east side of Warren Lake, a logging road leads south through Keefer Township.



Exploration History

1935-36: Simpson-Marcot - stripping, trenching. 1981: TBS Corporation - airborne geophysics. 1987-89: Keefer Lake Resources Inc. - mapping, diamond drilling, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3146, 63.6069 42A05SE0100 42A05SE0100
T-2611 42A05NE8502 42A05NE8502
2.12851, T-3146 42A05SE0104 42A05SE0104
2.12850, T-3146 42A05SE0106 42A05SE0106
2.11048, T-3146 42A05SE0208 42A05SE0208
2.11480, T-3146 42A05SE0207 42A05SE0207
14, T-3146 42A05SE0206 42A05SE0206
2.11773, T-3146 42A05SE0121 42A05SE0121
2.10939, T-3146 42A05SE0127 42A05SE0127
2.11547, T-3146 42A05SE0205 42A05SE0205
15, T-3146 42A05SE0204 42A05SE0204
16, T-3146 42A05SE0203 42A05SE0203

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 Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Tuff Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a small quartz vein within massive pillowed volcanic flows.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2MagnetiteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Only low gold values have been reported on these claims.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared
2 Vein

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Rank: 2       Structure Type: Shear

Rank: 1       Structure Type: Vein

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 285

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-75  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Keefer Township, Cochrane District

Publication Number: P2500 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1982

Author: Choudhry A.G.

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:


Part - Cripple Creek gold area

Publication Number: ARV21-01.008 Page: 266-270  Date: 1998

Author: Rogers W.R., Bruce E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Keefer Township

Publication Number: P0027 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Rogers D.P., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Keefer-Eldorado area

Publication Number: ARV47-04 Page: 12  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Keefer-Eldorado area, District of Timiskaming, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D., Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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: 19  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - The geology of Keefer, Denton and Thorneloe townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5699 Page: 117-118  Date: 1989

Author: Choudhry A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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