Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kent Mines Occurrence - 1955, Kent Mines No. 1 Zone - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Apr-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: West
Latitude: 48° 21' 21.79" Longitude: -84° 1' 35.82"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 720259 Northing: 5360148 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C08SE
Point Location Description: Old trench
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Drive east for approximately 7.5 km from highway 651 along the Renabie Mine access road to the Easey Lake access road., drive north along this access road for approximately 2 km and then walk south for approximately 1.5 km to the trenches.
1954-56: Guarnaccio Gold Mines Ltd. and Kent Mines Limited. - airborne geophysics, trenching, sampling, ground geophysics. 1998: Freewst Resources Canada Inc. - ground geophysics. 2006: Laidlaw, Stone, Hume and Mihelcic - prospecting, ground geopysics, sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| West 0013A1 | 42C08NE0633 | 42C08NE0633 |
| WP Meath-10 / 2.18864 | 42B05NW2002 | 42B05NW2002 |
| WP Stover-16 / 2.32552 | 20000001419 | 20000001419 |
| West 0013A1 / 63.784 | 42C08NE0633 | 42C08NE0633 |
| West 0010A1/ 63.516 | 42C08NE0636 | 42C08NE0636 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Sheared | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Sheared | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Jul 23, 2013 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Kent Mines in sheared iron formation returned values of 0.58 oz/t Au, 0.08 oz/t Au and 0.07 oz/t Au over 3 to 6 feet. Grab samples collected from overgrown trenches by Laidlaw et al in 2006 returned assays of: <5 ppb Au, 230 ppm Mn, 92.5 ppm Cu, 60.9 ppm Zn; and 8 ppb Au.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Folio - West Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF293 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of Riggs and West townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R174 Page: 44-45 Date: 1978
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 331-332 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Gold Occurrences of the Wawa-Missanabie Area, unpublished report
Publication Number: Robinson Page: 138 Date: 1983
Author: Robinson, D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Riggs and West townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2353 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Missanabie area, West Township, formerly Township 46, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0945 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1974
Author: Srivastava P., Bennett G., Elmhirst F., Andrews M.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Article - The geological and structural setting of gold mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie District of the Michipicoten greenstone belt, Wawa, Ontario
Publication Number: MP141.037 Page: 257-270 Date: 1997
Author: Heather K.B., Buck S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology Compilation Series - White River Sheet
Publication Number: M2666 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 2001
Author: Santaguida F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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