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Record: MDI41J06NE00046

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Crownbridge - 1969, Iron Bridge - 1991, Iron Bridge Group - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-13
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Kamichisitit

Latitude: 46° 29' 32.27"    Longitude: -83° 2' 22.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 343474.132   Northing: 5150768.368    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J06NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 3 kilometres east of the west boundary of Kamichisitit Township and 4.3 kilometres south of the north township boundary.



Exploration History

1942 Sampling and geol. report by Erie Canadian Mines Ltd. 1958-1960: 75 d.d. holes totalling 30,133 feet by Andover Canadian Mines Ltd. These drill records are fairly complete and are incorporated as a part of the company records of Crownbridge Copper Mines Ltd. From these records D.C. Mckechnie, P.Eng, Sudbury, Onatrio, estimated drill indicated ore reserves of 190 000 tons grading 2.01% copper across and average width of 6.1 feet above the 500 foot horizon in the Central, West, and J zones. Since then the Crownbridge company has drilled some ten additional holes totalling about 6800 linear feet. The drilling was done to the east of the central zone. 1963-1965: 46 d.d. holes totalling 26,867 feet plus further drilling for which records are not available by Crownbridge Copper Mines Ltd. 1966-1967: 250 ton per day mill constructed on property by Copper Concentrators Ltd., for custom milling of material from this and other nearby deposits. copper Concentrators declared bankruptcy in 1967. Crownbridge sank a 30 foot deep shaft. 1968: Property purchased by Cannon Mines Ltd.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Kamichisitit-0018-A1 41J06NE0019 41J06NE0019
Kamichisitit-0030-B1 41J06NE0001 41J06NE0001
Kamichisitit-0031-B1 41J06NE0005 41J06NE0005
Kamichisitit-0035-B1 41J06NE0022 41J06NE0022
Kamichisitit-0022 41J06NE0014 41J06NE0014

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - Sediments of the Gowganda Formation are cut by a fault zone which strikes N75W and appears to dip 70N. Fault zone has been filled by quartz veins, in which chalcopyrite occurs as small, irregular disseminated blebs. Pyrite and Carbonate also occur in the veins.


Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Quartz veins in fault zone cutting Gowganda Formation.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Aug 11, 1999

Geologist: G Bennett

Notes: The mineralized portion of the vein system has a known strike length of 4200 feet; the width ranges from 1 to 30 feet, and averages 6.5 feet. It has been explored by drilling to a depth of 1000 feet, although most of the drilling has been confined to depths of 500 feet or less. Drilling results show that copper mineralization is confined to a number of lenses within the vein system. To a depth of 1000 feet, total reserves, including 10 % allowance for dilution, are stated to be 415 000 tons, grading 1.8% Cu, over an average width of 6.5 feet (Northern Miner, May 27, 1965).



Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Crownbridge 1998 Proven 160000 Wilson, Ann, 1998, Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in SSM District in 1998 205000 tonnes at unstated grade possible Copper 2.03 NA

References

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: 94  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:


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

Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 27  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


Mono - Preliminary report on copper, nickel, lead, and zinc deposits of Ontario (second edition, May, 1952)

Publication Number: PR1952-04 Page: Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E., Chisholm E.O., Greer W.L.C., Hogg N., Savage W.S., Thomson R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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: 83  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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