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Record: MDI42A06SE00089

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kennco DDH #5 - 1958
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Jul-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Eldorado

Latitude: 48° 19' 9.17"    Longitude: -81° 11' 24.35"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 485907.391   Northing: 5351798.075    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Kennco DDH #5 on former claim P.44395

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1958: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Limited - 2 ddh (520 ft). 1971: Canadian Nickel Co. - ground geophysics.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Chlorite Host
Oxide Ironstone 2 Oxide Facies Footwall
Vein 3 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A narrow quartz vein within chlorite schist returned slightly anomalous Cu values near the contact between the metavolcanics and the iron formation. The drill hole intersected a sequence of pyritic and graphitic schist interspresed with coarser dioritic units.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.08% Cu over 5 ft from drill hole #5.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-473, T-78

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Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Eldorado Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0572 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Adams and Eldorado townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R121 Date: 1975

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Timmins data series, Eldorado Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2114 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

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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Map - Adams and Eldorado townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2274 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1974

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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