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General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold

Location

Township or Area: Tilley

Latitude: 46° 54' 32.08"    Longitude: -84° 21' 47.31"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 700804.438   Northing: 5198417.38    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41K16NW

Point Location Description: Open cuts, adit

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: 500 metres west of the east boundary of Tilley Township and 2.65 kilometres north of the south township boundary.

Exploration History

Pre 1947: Old adits, one about 75 feet long, another about 8 feet long, trenching 1960: EM survey by Algoma Central Railway.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  

Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - A stockwork of large quartz veins in granite. In general, the veins strike N75W and dip 90. The stockwork apparently ranges from 3 to 50 feet in width.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Copper mineralization is associated with a 70 degree to 80 degree trending, 45 degree to 50 degree north dipping qurtz vein system hosted within a 110 degree trending, vertically dipping, 5m shear within granitic rocks. The quartz veining and shearing is exposed over 80m of strike length. The Eastern end of this zone is exposed in a West trending open-cut; 10m long, 2 to 3 m wide and 6-7 m deep along the top of the cliff.

Assay Samples

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Jul 28, 1999

Geologist: Q Unknown

Notes: A vertical cross-section of the vein system is exposed in the most westerly face of the open-cut. Here the sinous, crack and seal nature of the veins can be seen. White quartz makes up 75% of the vein but localised patches of smokey-quartz material are also present. An audit driven North for 25m attempted to interesct the quartz veining but appears to have been terminated prior to intersecting the mineralized zone. An undefformed West trending gabbroic dyke cuts the archean granite 60m North of the open-cut. This dyke is thought to be Keweenawan aged genesis for the mineralization.

Date: Mar 04, 2000

Geologist: P Beach

Notes: The Begley Copper occurrence is located in the Tilley Twp, approx. 38 km N Sault Ste. Marie, on Hwy 17. Access to the property is by logging road, 1 km to the power line. A skidder trail leads 800 m to the base of the cliff on the N side of the trail. An open cut is located on the top of the cliff approximately 150 m N of the trail. This is privately held land, and the owner, Mr. L. Barnett should be contacted prior to any visit. Copper mineralization is associated with a 70 to 80 trending, 45 to 50 N dipping qtz vein system hosted within a 110 trending, vertically dipping, 5 m shear within archean granitic rocks. The qtz veining and shearing is exposed over 80 m of strike length. The E end of this zone is exposed in a W trending open-cut; 10 m long, 2 to 3 m wide and 6-7 m deep along the top of the cliff. GPS readings taken at the open-cut give the following UTM location: Zone 16 700837 E, 5198283 N. A vertical cross-section of the vein system is exposed in the most westerly face of the open-cut. Here the sinuous, crack and seal nature of the veins can be seen. White qtz makes up 75% of the vein but localised patches of smokey-qtz material are also present. An adit driven N for 25 m attempted to intersect the qtz veining but appears to have been terminated prior to intersecting the mineralized zone. An undeformed W trending gabbroic dyke cuts the archean granite 60 m N of the open cut. This dyke is thought to be Keweenawan in age. It has been suggested that the presence of Keweenawan aged rocks proximal to this showing has suggested a Keweenawan aged genesis for the mineralization. This is not the opinion of this writer who leans towards an archean age for this mineralization. Mapping by Kennco Expl (Can) Ltd in 1957 shows shearing and qtz vein zones discontinuously over a 180 m strike length. Kennco carried out an extensive sampling program on the property consisting of 71 chip and channel samples. (OGS 1999 OFR 5990) See Geochem for assays.

References

File - Resident Geologist files SSMP Tilley-01

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: SSM RGP office

Map - Batchawana area, District of Algoma, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM35B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 700  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563

Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Batchawana-Searchmont sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P3063 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1987

Author: Grunsky E.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

Part - Batchawana area, District of Algoma

Publication Number: ARV35-02.002 Page: 84-86  Date: 1998

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:

Map - Geological compilation series, Batchawana sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division

Publication Number: P0302 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: 68  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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:

Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts

Publication Number: OFR5990 Page: 13-14  Date: 1999

Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Pressacco R.E., Wilson A.C., Hope P., Morra P.M., Draper D.M., Egerland D.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:

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: 130  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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

Publication - Copper metallogeny, Lake Huron area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 78-1A

Publication Number: GSC Paper 78-1A Page: 265  Date: 1978

Author: Pearson, W N

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103899

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