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Record: MDI41J05SW00053

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Campbell-Dukes Vein - 1906, R. N. Bond Property - 1941
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-12
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Plummer Additional

Latitude: 46° 20' 45.37"    Longitude: -83° 49' 45.21"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 282299.999   Northing: 5136374.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05SW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: West of Bruce Mines on highway 17, take Centre Line Road going to the north. After driving 4.9km, turn left on Government Road. After driving 2.1km (after a reverse s-shaped road) stop and foot traverse for about 325m to the south east.



Exploration History

Pre-1949: underground development (Old shaft said to be 60 feet deep, with a cross-cut driven 25 feet N to the vein on the 50 foot level). 1955-57: Bruce - Presto Mines Ltd. - DD-13-4622 ft., mapping, geochemistry, airborne geophysics, scintillometer survey


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Plummer-0017 41J05SW0005 41J05SW0005
PLUMMER 0015 41J05SW0003 41J05SW0003
PLUMMER 0016 41J05SW0004 41J05SW0004
PLUMMER 0014 41J05SW0002 41J05SW0002
PLUMMER 0012 41J05SW0007 41J05SW0007

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Quartz Arenite 2 Brecciated Adjacent
Diabase 3 Diabase Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - Quartz veins occur in a fracture zone along the contact between quartzite of the Gowganda Fm and Nipissing diabase. West of the bluff, the vein has been traced for 200 feet in three trenches but to the east, the extension of the vein is covered by overburden. The quartz vein is 6-10 feet wide, strikes N80W and dips 70-75°S. The vein has been traced for 1200 feet along strike.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1QuartzEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3ChalcociteEconomicGangue
4SpeculariteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 25, 2010 (A Wilson) - Sketches from file 41J05SW0002 show sample results of 1.95% Cu over 2 feet., 1.75% Cu , 0.01 oz/t Au over 5 feet, and 0.10% Cu over 5 feet from veins along the north side of a trench located east of the shaft. Geochemical soil testing showed that the vein was copper-bearing to the west of the main trench, but barren to the east along the projected strike (C. Huston). Grab samples of the chalcopyrite-bearing vein returned assays between 2 and 3.25% Cu (Bruce-Presto Mines Ltd.) At surface, the quartz vein returned an average of 2.6% Cu over a length of 200 ft. and width of 8 ft. At a depth of 80 ft, a sample from a 200 ft length and 9 ft width returned 0.5% Cu, at a depth of 220 feet a sample from a 200 foot length and 7 foot width returned 0.6% Cu. At a depth of 440 feet a 200 foot strike length of vein returned only traces of copper. No chalcocite is found at depth. A grab sample collected by E. J. Leahy (OGS) in 1993 returned <0.01 oz/t Au and <0.1 oz/t Ag.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Campbell-Dukes 1957 Unclassified 29937 MDC 12 P.54 33,000 tons at 1.2% Cu in 230' l x 8' w x 220' d block Copper 1.2 Percent

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 54  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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


Publication - Canadian Mineral Deposits Not Being Mined In 1989

Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989

Author:

Publisher Name: Energy Mines and Resources Canada

Location:


Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario

Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 26  Date: 1985

Author: Pearson, W N; Bretzlaff, R E; Carrière, J J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/120312


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

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 75  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Mono - Report of Activities 1993, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: OFR5892 Page: 302-303  Date: 1994

Author: Baker C.L., Dressler B.O., Mason J.K., Newsome J.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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: 72-73  Date: 1978

Author: Frarey, M.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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