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Record: MDI52F04NW00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Kennco - 1956, Blacky Bay Property - 1956
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Feb-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Godson

Latitude: 49° 10' 25.92"    Longitude: -93° 49' 33.65"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 439794.05   Northing: 5447112.42    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52F04NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1956: Kennco Exploration Canada Ltd. conducted airborne Mag and EM surveys. Trenching, geological and geophysical surveys. 475 m of DD in 4 holes. 1970: airborne Mag survey. 1970-72: airborne EM survey. 337 m of DD in 3 holes. 1975: geophysical survey. 275 m of DD in 3 holes. 1993-94: airborne Mag and EM surveys. Stripping, trenching, geological and geophysical surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
12 52F04NW0104 52F04NW0104
11 52F04NW0106 52F04NW0106

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wabigoon

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1
Diorite 2 Diorite
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Graphitic
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 4

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
ChloriteAlterationChloritic1UnknownDisseminated
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization2UnknownDisseminated
HematiteAlterationHematization3WeakDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Oct 27, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - 1956 program mineralization included pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. 1970-2 program best assays returned: 0.2% Cu, 0.05% Zn over 1.5m; 0.25% Zn, 0.03% Cu over 0.3 m. Mineralization included pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Only lithology intersected was felsic metavolcanic rocks. Alteration types observed were chloritization, carbonatization and minor hematization. 1975 program mineralization included pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite. Lithologies intersected included felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks and gabbro.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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