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Record: MDI000000000948

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Consolidated Marbenor - 1966
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2010-Nov-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Palmer

Latitude: 47° 2' 10.2"    Longitude: -84° 32' 1.67"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 687364   Northing: 5212134.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41N02SE

Point Location Description: Map, Drill hole Location

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The occurrence is located in Palmer township. Travel to the town of Batchawana along Highway 17N and turning onto a gravelled road for approximately 15km.



Exploration History

In 1964, Consolidated Marbenor conducted a 3 hole diamond drill program totalling 1641 feet along with a reconnaissance geochemical prospecting program. The one hole in particular MB-3 was drilled at a depth of 500 feet identifying the mineralized area of this occurrence.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Palmer-0020 41N02SE0099 41N02SE0099
Palmer-0014-A1 41N02SE0101 41N02SE0101
Palmer-0031-A1 41N02SE0096 41N02SE0096



Geology Comments

Nov 25, 2010 (A Pace) - The occurrence is hosted within predominantly mafic metavolcanics,intermediate to felsic metavolcanics and mafic intrusions of the Batchawana Greenstone Belt. Brecciation has been identified in drill core.




Mineralization Comments

Nov 25, 2010 (A Pace) - Hole MB-3 investigated a very strong northe westerly-trending linear. It cut a brecciated zone about 70 feet wide sealed with quartz-carbonate material and mineralized with sulphides. Sulphides identified were pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. MB-3 intersected 5 feet of 0.28% Cu and 4 feet of 0.17% Cu.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Hydrothermal
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Breccia
2 Vein

References

Map - Geological series, Palmer Township, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0710 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Batchawana, Algoma District

Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1974

Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1987

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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