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Record: MDI41I15NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Brady Copper Showing - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Fraleck

Latitude: 46° 53' 20.88"    Longitude: -80° 50' 34.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 511977   Northing: 5192856    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I15NW

Point Location Description: precise

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1986-2004: J. Brady - sampling, stripping, trenching. 1995-96: WMC International Limited – UTM survey. 2004: Champion Bear Resources Limited – sampling. 2005: Mount Morgan Resources Ltd. - mobile metal ions process orientation survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Fraleck-SP007 / 2.27230 41I15NW2001 41I15NW2001
Parkin-SP050 / 2.16418 41I15NW0004 41I15NW0004
Parkin-SP052 / 2.16697 41I15NW0018 41I15NW0018
41I15NW0008 / Fraleck-0013-A1 20000004919 20000004919
OMIP 90-099 / 63.6094 41I15NW0001 41I15NW0001
Fraleck-0014-A1 / OM83-8-I-139 41I15NW0007 41I15NW0007
63.5769 41I15NW0002 41I15NW0002

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Supergroup: Sudbury Igneous Complex, Main Mass

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Sheared Host
Vein 2 Quartz Contains
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Mar 11, 2010 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of a poorly exposed outcrop of gabbro that has been cross-cut by a 2 m wide quartz vein.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GalenaEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
MalachiteAlterationUnknown1WeakVeins

Mineralization Comments

Mar 11, 2010 (A Wilson) - Locally, chalcopyrite, malachite and pyrite were observed within the quartz vein. Pyrrhotite and minor pyrite was observed within the gabbro. A grab sample of quartz float collected by Champion Bear Minerals in 2004 returned >10,000 ppm Cu, 183 ppm Zn and 88.2 ppm Pb. The best assays from a grab sample taken by Champion Bear Minerals from the gabbro returned 485 ppm Cu, 79.8 ppm Zn and 3.3 ppm Pb.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

MonoMap - Geology of Roberts, Creelman, and Fraleck townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R091 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


Map - Roberts, Creelman, and Fraleck townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2212 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1971

Author: Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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