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| Record Name(s) | Noranda DDH KA 79-3 - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Dec-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Zinc
Township or Area: Keating Additional
Latitude: 48° 13' 7.62" Longitude: -85° 19' 40.9"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 624191.33 Northing: 5341969.05 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C03NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for KA 79-3
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible via the Eagle River Mine/Paint Lake road. Drive west along the road for approximately 25.5 km to the powerline. Drive north along a forestry road for approximately 12 km.
pre 1977: trenching, sampling. 1977-83: Noranda Exploration Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, 4 ddh (1358 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Keating-0016 | 42C03NW0019 | 42C03NW0019 |
| Keating-0013-A1 | 42C03NW0023 | 42C03NW0023 |
| Keating-0013-C1 | 42C03NW0046 | 42C03NW0046 |
| 0013B1 | 42C03NW0004 | 42C03NW0004 |
| 42C03NW0121 | 20000005061 | 20000005061 |
| 0014A1 | 42C03NW0002 | 42C03NW0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Andesite, Dacite | Tuff, Crystal Tuff | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is underlain by interbedded rhyolites and andesites that are intruded by north-trending diabase dikes. The intermediate metavolcanics commonly host quartz and feldspar crystals phenocrysts). These rocks are strongly sheared and altered. The metavolcanics host numerous quartz veinlets that are heavily mineralized.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Epidote | Alteration | Saussuritization | 1 | Weak | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated copper and zinc values were returned from dacitic tuffs in diamond drill core. Copper values ranged from .018% to 1.05%. Zinc values ranged from 0.014% to 0.33%. The best silver values were obtained from drill hole KA 79-1where they ranged from 0.05 oz/t to 0.23 oz/t Ag.
File - Resident Geologist files Keating-0015-A1
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - University River, Algoma and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2333 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Pukaskwa River-University River area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R153 Date: 1977
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Operation Pukaskwa, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P0541 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Thurston P.C., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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