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Record: MDI42A14SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Keevil DDH T65-28 - 1965, Anomaly 9 - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Crawford

Latitude: 48° 52' 21.67"    Longitude: -81° 23' 48.74"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 470897.881   Northing: 5413378.939    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Drill hole in SW 1/4, S 1/2 lot 6 concession 6 on former claim P69957

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965-66 McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1965: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (400 ft). 1973: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (351 ft). 1981: Home Oil Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1983-84: Chevron Canada Resources - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1128, 63.1616 42A14SW8608 42A14SW8608
T-1567, 17 42A14SW0047 42A14SW0047
T-2410, 2.4668 42A14SW0030 42A14SW0030
T-1128, 10 42A14SW0036 42A14SW0036
T-1567, 2.1228 42A14SW0045 42A14SW0045

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesitic Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Host
Claystone 3 Slate Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of mafic to intermediate flows and tuffaceous flows. A 1 ft wide quartz-carbonate vein contining slate fragments returned slightly anomalous values.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.14% Zn, 0.06% Ag and 0.10% Cu over 10 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3529, T-3535, T-3566

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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

Publication Number: P0487 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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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