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| Record Name(s) | Abbican - 1985, Milgate - 1985, A Zone - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Nouvel
Latitude: 46° 28' 47.04" Longitude: -83° 9' 1.97"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 334925.129 Northing: 5149598.4 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J06NE
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Central part of Nouvel Township, about 300 metres south of Highway546.
1936: R. Montgomery carried out trenching. 1955-56: Consolidated Orlac Mines Ltd. carried out drilling. 1956: Cons. Orlac changed its name to Abbican Mines Ltd. and under that name completed the program for a total footage of 5951' in 25 holes. Fifteen of these holes concentrated on the No. 1 vein, six on the No. 2 and four on the No. 3. 1966: Milgate Mines Ltd. drilled 11 holes for a total of 1932' on the No. 1 vein and electromagnetic and magnetic surveying. 1970: Airborne EM, MAG and RAD surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| NOUVEL 0019 | 41J06NE0038 | 41J06NE0038 |
| NOUVEL 0010 | 41J06NE0042 | 41J06NE0042 |
| NOUVEL 0015-B1 | 41J06NE0045 | 41J06NE0045 |
| Nouvel-0018-C1 | 41J06NE0035 | 41J06NE0035 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - The property is underlain by an interbedded sequence of quartzites, arkoses, slates and conglomerates. These are all of Huronian age, but most evidently break down and conglomerates. These are all of Huronian age, but most evidently break down into the two sub-groups Lorrain and Gowganda, the first unconformably overlying the second. However in the field the division between the two was too subtle to recognize and apart from an outcrop of Lorrain quartzite at the North boundary of the property, the underlying rocks could just as readily belong to one group or the other. The most common rock types observed was pink arkose of an approximate 80' thickness which was considered to lie next at the top of the stratigraphic column. Beneath it lay a 40' thick merging into greywackes, these showing an increasing frequency of arkosic banding towards their base. An interbedding of arkoses, greywackes and conglomerates continued to make up an appreciable part of the column, this section overlying a basal massive conglomerate probably belonging to the Gowganda Formation. The whole sequence is intruded in the southern part of the property by two diabase dykes, presumably of Nipissing age, running roughly east and west. Fracturing is not all that well-defined on the property but major faulting appears associated with the string of lakes in the eastern claims.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz chalcopyrite veins, which strike E and dip steeply N occur in sediments of the Gowganda Formation. Two main veins are exposed in three sections, referred to as the A, B, and C zones. The A zone has been traced for 1200 feet, the B zone for 800 feet, and the C zone for 300 feet. (ODM 1969 MRC 12 P 97).
Date: Aug 11, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: Two main veins are exposed in three sections, referred to as A, B and C zones. The A zone has been traced for 1200 feet, the B zone for 800 feet, and the C zone for 300 feet. The A zone contains 105 750 tons, averaging 1.08% Cu, after dilution allowance, over a length of 600 feet, over a true width of 10 feet, and to a depth of 235 feet (ODM 1957).
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Zone | 1957 | Unclassified | 95935 | ODM 1957, MDC002, P.71 | 105,750 tons averaging 1.08% Cu for a length of 600 ft, wid. 10 ft, dep. 235 ft | Copper 1.08 % |
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 97 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Wakwekobi Lake-Dean Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1415A
Publication Number: Map 1415A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1975
Author: Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109096
Publication - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223
Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 71 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 28 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: 86 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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