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| Record Name(s) | Cheney Mine - 1929 |
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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-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Gould
Latitude: 46° 30' 10.44" Longitude: -83° 24' 3.56"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 315780.105 Northing: 5152726.375 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J11SW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Gould Twp.; lot 7, con V; 1/2 mile S of Chub Lake on Hwy. 129. The property is situated twenty-eight miles north of Thessalon on the highway to Chapleau. This is a paved all weather road connected with the Trans-Canada highway and a distance of approximately 140 miles from Sudbury. Thessalon is a staion on the Sault Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The area is well supplied with timber suitable for mining purposes. Both Spruce and Maple are abundant. Ample supplies of water are available from lakes in the area for process purposes. Hydro-electric power is available from the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, either from the North or South lines. The headframe is located within 300 feet (90m) of Highway 129 on the West side of the road.
1916 Numerous trenches; a few small open-pits; inclined shaft sunk 70 feet with a few feet of drifting on the 50 foot level; 7 carloads of ore shipped from which 33 468 lbs of copper having a value of 8 564, were recovered. Work was carried out by Timmins Interests, under option from Cheney Copper Mines Ltd. 1928-29 Shaft sunk to 150 feet; 1625 feet of drifting and 860 feet of cross-cutting on 150 foot level. 2514 feet of surface d.d. in 7 holes by Sudbury Basin Mines Ltd. 1955-56: 4723 feet of surface d.d. in 8 holes by Sudbury Basin Mines Ltd. 1960 MAG, EM surveys by Rothsay Mines Ltd. 1966-67 Mine rehabilitated, approximately 3500 tons of material shipped to mill of Copper Concentrators Ltd. in Twp. 168. In 1989, Blue Heaven Resources Corp. conducted field work including trenching, sampling and diamond drilling. Diamond drilling included 14 holes were drilling on the adit zone vein zone No. 1 totaling 2, 736 feet.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| SSMP Gould-4 | 41J11SW0032 | 41J11SW0032 |
| Gould-0014-A1 | 20000004930 | 20000004930 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - The area is generally underlain by sediments of the Gowganda Formation consisting of conglomerate, greywacke, argillite, quartzite and a few thin bands of impure limestone. These sediments have been intruded by dikes and sills of Nipissing diabse and Olivine diabase. The sediments dip gently to the north and north east with the Nipissing quartz diabase generally following the strike of the sediments but cutting steeply across the dip. The later Olivine diabase cut across the strike of the sediments and the veins. The following description of the geology of the property is taken from a report of Mr W. H. Gross dated June 8th, 1955 and quoted in its entirity. 'The rocks in te vicinity of the mine consist of conglomerates and thin interbedded quartzites of the Gowganda Formation. The sediments strike north west and dip gently northeast, and have been intruded by steep dipping dykes and flat sills of diabase. The quartzite in the mine area are thin, lens-like and irregular and could not be traced for any distance and it is doubtful if they influence the ore picture. The argillites occur noth of the mine; they are high in the sedimentary sequence and therefore have little bearing on the geology of the main vein. On the Cheney the conglomerates have a dark grey argillaceous looking matrix. South of the mine (representing the rocks to be found at depth in the mine) the matrix, on the whole seems to have a more siliceous composition. This feature may have a bearing on the characteristics of the vein with the depth. The copper values on the Cheney occur in a quartz vein that strikes generally east-west and dips 45-60 degrees south. The vein is extremely variable in its character. It may vary from a complex stock work of quartz veins over a width of up to seventeen feet of may range down to a single thin stringer. The vein contain good copper values in two places; one is near the shaft, the other about 2500 feet west of the shaft.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A quartz vein system cuts Gowganda sediments and Nipissing diabase and is cut by later diabase dikes. The vein zone strikes E and dips 45-60 S. The zone has been traced for 4000 feet on strike, and by drilling to a depth of 460 feet. The width ranges from a few inches to 17 feet and averages about 5 feet in width.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Malachite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Barite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Siderite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Ankerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Aug 11, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: The zone has been traced for 4000 feet on strike, and by drilling to depth of 460 feet. The width ranges from a few inches to 17 feet, and averages about 5 feet in width. Reserves estimated at 39 405 tons averaging 3.97% Cu, contained in two shoots. The main shoot near the shaft contains 30 570 tons, grading 3.9% for length of 192 feet and for an average width of 5.8 feet. A smaller lens W of main shoot contains 8835 tons grading 4.2% Cu for a length of 60 feet and an average width of 4.5 feet. Approximately 3500 tons were mines in 1967.
Date: Mar 04, 2000
Geologist: P Beach
Notes: Rothsay Mines, Limited (Cheney Mine) . In the latter part of 1966 Rothsay Mines, Limited, entered into an agreement with Copper Concentrators, Limited. The old Cheney Mine workings were rehabilitated in 1966, and early in 1967 some copper-bearing rock was mined. Approximately 3,500 tons of this material was trucked to the mill of Copper Concentrators, Limited, in Township l68. Some of the material was stockpiled at the mine site. Operations ceased in April. In September the stockpile remained at the mine site. Chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in a quartz carbonate vein system cutting Gowganda conglomerate. The vein system strikes easterly and dips 45 to 60 S. The width of the vein system varies from about 2 feet to 17 feet, but in the vicinity of the mine the average width is 4 feet to 6 feet. Prior to the recent operations described above, the deposit was estimated to contain 13,455 tons grading 5.6% Cu above the 150-foot level.2 ODM 1968 MP 17 P 5
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Cheney Mine | 1960 | Unclassified | 35748 | Northern Miner May 12, 1960 | 39405 tons |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1967 | 3500 | CHENEY COPPER MINE LTD. |
Map - Saunders Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2331 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Article - Wakomata Lake area (east half), District of Algoma
Publication Number: MP056.015 Page: 107 Date: 1997
Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Wakomata Lake area (west half), District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0737 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Chandler F.W., Masson S.L., Faust D., Raudsepp M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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
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MonoMap - Geology of the Wakomata Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R151 Page: 49 Date: 1977
Author: Siemiatkowska K.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Northern Miner, May 12, 1960
Publication Number: NMiner Date: 1960
Author:
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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
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Part - Ore deposits near the north shore of Lake Huron
Publication Number: ARV38-07.001 Page: 10-15 Date: 1998
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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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
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1927
Publication Number: ARV37-01.003 Page: 157-158 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Sinclair D.G., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Mines of Ontario in 1929
Publication Number: ARV39-01.003 Page: 79 Date: 1997
Author: Sinclair D.G., Cleland R.H., Keeley E.C., Cooper D.F., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Saunders Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R155 Page: 36-37 Date: 1976
Author: Chandler F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 30 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: 112-113 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1967, part 2
Publication Number: MP017 Page: 5, 19 Date: 1968
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Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Book - A Geological Report on Mapping, Diamond Drilling and Trenching Programs
Publication Number: Date: 2007
Author: Blue Heaven Resources Corp.
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