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| Record Name(s) | Keefer Township Float No. 1 - 1978, Cliff's Float - 2000 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Apr-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Keefer
Latitude: 48° 19' 41.73" Longitude: -81° 45' 25.61"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 443882.176 Northing: 5353062.739 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A05SW
Point Location Description: Site transferred from pg 54 MDC 17
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Star Lake Road from Highway 101 west. The float is located on the southwest side of a beaver pond near the fork in the Star Lake Road.
1965: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. - mapping, stripping, ground geophysical surveys (magnetometer, EM) 1971: Cominco Ltd. - airborne magnetometer survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1148 | 42A05SE0218 | 42A05SE0218 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The float is rusty-brown in colour and was partially buried in a clay rich ablation till which overlies sandy gravel of a regional esker complex. The float is a medium grained gabbro and diorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A polished section of the rock contained more than 50% pyrrhotite and 2-3% chalcopyrite. The combined nickel and copper content is reported to be about 3%.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Unknown |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Massive |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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| Unknown |
File - Resident Geologist file T-25
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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 - Ontario occurrences of float, placer gold and other heavy minerals
Publication Number: MDC017 Page: 54 Date: 1978
Author: Ferguson S.A., Freeman E.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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:
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
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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.
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Location:
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