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Record: MDI42A13SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keevil - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Geary

Latitude: 48° 49' 54.88"    Longitude: -81° 37' 38.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 453959.998   Northing: 5408959.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A13SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1965 - Keevil Mining Group Ltd.: DD - 4 - 1423ft (T-1002). 1981 - Gulf Minerals Canada Limited: DD - 2 - 248m (T-2367). 1986 - Meunier, D.: GL (T-3129). 1988 - Meunier, D.: GL (T-3129). 1990 - Meunier, D.: EM (T-3129). 1991 - Meunier, D.: DD -1 -224m, Assays (T-3129). 2004 - Falconbridge Limited: DD - 4 - 903m, Assays, Anlys (T-5325).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3129 / 63.5939 42A13SE0001 42A13SE0001
T-3129 / 2.9749 42A13SE0012 42A13SE0012
T-3129 / 2.12201 42A13SE0009 42A13SE0009
T-5352 / 2.32262 20000001348 20000001348
T-2367
T-1002, 10 42A13SE0024 42A13SE0024

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Carbonatized Contains
Gabbroid-Unsubdivided 2 Near
Chert 3 Silicified Bedded Contains

Lithology Comments

Feb 03, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Although specified as rhyolites in the log of hole T65-16A (T-1002), it is believed from reference map P3379 that the rocks were komatiites.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
QuartzAlterationSilicification1StrongVeins
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization2MediumVeins

Mineralization Comments

Feb 03, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Hole T65-16A has intersected 5 feet of 0.17oz/ton gold according to reference T-3129. No assay is revealed in T-1002.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-2367

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Author:

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: P0739 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Hunt D.S., 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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Mono - Helicopter geological survey of Wilhelmina, Geary, Moberly, and Thorburn townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: PR1965-01 Date: 1998

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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