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Record: MDI41J05NW00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) E. Bye Copper-Cobalt Showing - 1950, Martin Option - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Cobalt, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Tarbutt

Latitude: 46° 23' .99"    Longitude: -83° 58' 38.65"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 271056.002   Northing: 5140978.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1954-56: Tarbutt Mines Ltd. - mapping, 5 DDH, airborne geophysics, stripping and bulldozing.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Tarbutt-0011 41J05NW0024 41J05NW0024

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Diabase Sheared Near
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SkutteruditeEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 16, 2010 (A Wilson) - The best assay from a drill hole returned 1.1% Co over 8.3 ft. Nckel values from drilling reportedly were as high as 3.2% over 5 feet and 1% over 11 feet. Grab samples returned Co values up to 19.2% Co.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

File - Resident Geologist files Johnson-0012-D1, SSMP Tarbutt-02

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 104  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Page: 71  Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 80  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1979

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Bruce Mines-Lake George area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1414A Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109095


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