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| Record Name(s) | Consolidated Marbenor - 1966 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2010-Nov-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
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.
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.
| 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 |
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.
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.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Breccia |
| 2 | Vein |
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
Location:
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