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| Record Name(s) | SB Zone - 2011 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-May-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold
Township or Area: Ryan
Latitude: 47° 0' 11.61" Longitude: -84° 43' 56.19"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 672391.6 Northing: 5208018.35 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SW
Point Location Description: Diamond Drilling
Location Method: Based on Assessment
2005-Nikos Exploration Ltd., Diamond drill program consisting of 23 holes totalling 3733 m. 2011-Superior Copper Corp: Diamond drill hole program consisting of 6 holes for 979 m. 2013-Superior Copper Corporation: Diamond drill hole program of 6 holes 1299m.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | |||
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Vesiculated | Adjacent |
Nov 24, 2014 (A Pace) - The predominant rock type is basalt and it varies from very fine grained to medium/coarse grained. Amygdules are very common and can be filled with calcite, quartz, epidote, chlorite and occassionally potassic feldspar. The second most prevalent rock type is conglomerate. It is polymictic featuring clasts of pebbles to cobble size. The clasts are rounded to sub-rounded and of multiple origins, predominantly basalt and granitoid. Felsite is encountered in a few locations.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Specularite | Alteration | Hematization | 1 | Medium | Veins | ||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Medium | Veins |
Feb 11, 2015 (A Pace) - Mineralized zones encountered feature quartz/calcite filled fractures and faults. The mineralized vein breccia zones can be up to 8.5 metres in core length and feature quartz/calcite veins, fracture-fil and vein breccia. Mineralization consists in malachite, chalcocite and occasional native copper. Vugs and fractures are often lined with malachite and small patches can be found throughout the veining. Chalcocite is found as distinct specks and masses. 2005 Nikos Exploration drill results include Hole CP-05-02-2.73% Cu and 20.7 g/t Ag over 2.35 m, hole CP-05-03 11.96% Cu, 101 g/t Ag and 1.1 g/t Au over 1.2 m and hole CP-05-05 1.62% Cu over 17.6 m. 2011 diamond drill results conducted by Superior Copper Corp. include hole BCP-15-11 resulting in 1.67% Cu over 3.8 m, hole BCP-19-11 resulting in 1.60% Cu over 4.5 m and 17.6 g/t Ag, Hole BCP-17-11 resulting in 0.72% Cu over 7.2 m and 12.18 g/t Ag, hole BCP-19-11 resulting in 5.35% Cu over 6.6 m and 105.9 g/t Ag, hole BCP-21-11 resulting in 1.89% Cu and 31.6 g/t Ag over 7.2 m and 3.18% Cu and 70.5 g/t Ag over 3.2 m, hole BCP-24-11 resulting in 2.88% Cu and 8.68 g/t Ag over 1.9 m and 1.21% Cu and 3.29 g/t Ag over 2.1m. The 2013 diamond drill program completed on the SB Zone confirmed the continuity of the SB-Zone structure at depth and over a 500 metre strike length. Of the 10 drill holes completed on the SB Zone in the 2011 and 2013 drill programs, 7 drill holes returned significant assay results for copper and silver. The average metre-percent value for the ten SB Zone intersections was 8.90, equivalent to 2.97% Cu over 3.0 metres.
File - Resident Geologist files SSMP-Ryan-18, SSMP-Ryan-45, SSMP-Ryan-46
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Location: SSM RGP office
Part - Geology of the Mamainse Point copper area
Publication Number: ARV62-04 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Mamainse Point copper area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-01 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E., Bonkoff E.J., Goettler G.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Compend - Summary of field work, 1965, by the Geological Branch
Publication Number: PR1965-03 Page: 70 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1967, part 2
Publication Number: MP017 Page: 6 Date: 1968
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Mamainse Point area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0554 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1972
Publication Number: MP054 Page: 87 Date: 1973
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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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