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| Record Name(s) | Garnet - 1947, Groundhog Mining - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Keith
Latitude: 48° 8' 41.43" Longitude: -82° 19' 37.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 401289.55 Northing: 5333250.45 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B01SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar of Hole 17 located approximately 312m NW of showing at 284 degrees azimuth.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The easiest access is through the Joburke property via Highway 101 to the Horwood Lake/Palomar turn-off. An all weather road extends south to Joburke station on the main CNR tracks. South of the tracks a road goes west 2 km to the mine site. An old road/trail continues past the trenching about 2.5 km onto what was once the Garnet Gold Mines property. The outcrop of interest lies about 360 m to the northeast of a small pond at the edge of spruce swamp.
1946 Garnet Gold Mines Ltd. acquired property approximately 2 miles south of Keith Lake with the object to explore potential extensions to the Joburke shear zone. The property was subsequently mapped in the summer of 1946 and drilled in 1947. Garnet Gold Mines Ltd. drilled 13 holes on their property for a total of approximately 9600' (2926m). One hole encountered a silicified zone reported to contain molybdenite. 1947: Groundhog Mining Corp. – GL. 1966 Kukatush Mining Corporation Ont. Ltd. drilled one hole on a property south of Keith Lake on what was previously the eastern edge of the Garnet Gold property. Very little mineralization was encountered. 1972: Dome Exploration Canada – AMag. 1987: Gail Resources – AEM, AMag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-174 / 63A.8 | 42B01NW0083 | 42B01NW0083 |
| T-249 / 2.1027 | 42B01NE0161 | 42B01NE0161 |
| T-2776 / 2.10370 | 42B01NW0038 | 42B01NW0038 |
| T-41 / | 42B01NW0050 | 42B01NW0050 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Muskego-Reeves
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Greywacke | Altered | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Andesite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Molybdenite showing in a drill hole at a vertical depth of 70'. Silicified Altered Zone described along contact between massive andesite and greywacke. The altered zone is described as having blue-black colour due to extensive molybdenite and the zone is reported to be silicified and feldspathized. It is remarked that this zone most likely belongs to the sediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Silica | Alteration | Silicification | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - The drill hole reports only blue-black colour due to extensive molybdenite as description of mineralization.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 7 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 10, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: The location of the drill collar of the reported showing was not discovered. However, the collar of the closest hole to the northwest was located without much difficulty. Using this point as a reference, the outcrop which corresponds to that of the bedrock drill set-up of the showing was located. This outcrop lies in a clear-cut/burn area near the edge of a spruce/muskeg swamp. The outcrop appears to be a well foliated (216 AZ 70-80 deg. dip) andesitic tuff. The rock is a light grey green on fresh surface and appears highly chloritic. Carbonate infilling occurs along foliation and fracture planes. Quartz lenses and elongated stringers < 10cm width are not uncommon. Trace pyrite was observed at some locations. No evidence of passed drilling was observed at this location.
Map - Geological series, Keith Township (southern half), District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0747 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G., Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 168-169 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Patricia Showing-Hoodoo Prospect, Minor Element Data
Publication Number: OFM0215 Scale: 1:250 Date: 1993
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 93 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Core - Resident Geologist Core Library
Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 641-642 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Keith Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1993
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, north Swayze-Montcalm area, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey
Publication Number: M81376 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1990
Author: Geoterrex Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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