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Record: MDI42A11NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keevil - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-28
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Wark

Latitude: 48° 40' 55.06"    Longitude: -81° 19' 34.67"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 475982.177   Northing: 5392153.238    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A11NW

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1964: As part of a larger drilling campaign, Goldfields Mining Corporation/Teck Corporation/Keevel Mining Group completed T64-1 at - 45 degrees on a bearing of 315 degrees.


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Host
Sandy Mudstone 2 Graphitic Argillite, Greywacke Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The hole reached bedrock at 140.0 ft and cut through andesite to a depth of 314.3 ft. From there to the end of the hole metasediments including graphitic argillite and greywacke were intersected. From 284 ft. to 314.3 ft. the andesite is brecciated, carbonatized and mineralized with 2-3 % pyrite as crystals and splashes. The interval from 284.0 ft. to 294.0 ft. reportedly assayed 0.02 opt Au.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3291

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: P0478 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A., Carey E.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Core - Resident Geologist core library

Publication Number: Date: 1901

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MonoMap - Geology of Murphy and Wark Townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5994 Date: 1999

Author: Berger B.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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