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| Record Name(s) | Eagle Copper Mine - 1903, Edwards Copper Property - 1892, Doughty - 1971, Goulais River - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Vankoughnet
Latitude: 46° 45' 32.44" Longitude: -84° 15' 39.25"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 709170.99 Northing: 5182028.194 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41K16SW
Point Location Description: Adit, shaft
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: 1.25 kilometres south west of Sill Lake, 2.75 kilometres west of the east boundary of VanKoughnet Township.
In 1903, the Tecumseh Copper Company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, president H. Schurman and secretary M.T McDonald are beginning operations at Goulais Bay. Information obtained from the officers of the company is to the effect that a contract has been let to sink a shaft, 6 by 11, to a depth of 50 feet. The property consists of the southwest quarter of section 14, township of Van Koughnet. Camps are being built. The ore is said to possess value in both copper and gold. The old shaft was sunk for gold and copper on an east-west band of steeply dipping graphitic schist in a sequence of basic flows. In 1971, there were 3 diamond drill holes completed by Airnorth Mines Ltd., with total footage of 711.5 feet. In 1972, geophysical, geological surveys and soil sampling was completed by Geophysical Engineering and Surveys Ltd. for R. J. Wright and W. Doughty. In 1973, 42 diamond drill holes were completed by Tribag Mining Co. Ltd. Tribag Mining Co. Ltd. estimated 250, 000 tons of 2.35% copper reserves in three zones (Canadian Miningn Journal, July 1973, p.25).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Vankoughnet-0014 | 41K16SE0034 | 41K16SE0034 |
| Vankoughnet-0010 | 41K16SE0037 | 41K16SE0037 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Jun 23, 2011 (A Pace) - The property consists of an east-west band of steeply dipping graphitic schist in a sequence of basic flows. Coarse grained andesite is part of a narrow belt of undifferentiated Archean metavolcanics trending North-Northeast and appears to be closely paralleled by a major shear zone characterized by graphitic schists and shears and dipping Northe at 65 degrees. The metavolcanic belt is characterized by basic to intermediate volcanics which are very fine grained, and massive, generally have a high degree of chloritic and epidote alteration and a grey green colour, some local areas are slightly foliated and others characterized by a darker, massive basaltic nature. The metavolcanic belt has been intruded by fine to medium grained, fresh diabase.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 23, 2011 (A Pace) - The mineralization was observed in coarse grained andesite units but drill core from the Airnorth drilling program indicated several weakly mineralized zones in 0.4% Cu range within fine grained metavolcanics. The chalcopyrite of the surface showing is finely disseminated in the coarse grained andesite as well as occurring along with quartz and carbonate along a series of fractures or joints in the andesite. Grab samples from the various trenched showings indicate grades varying from 0.80% copper to 1.50% copper. Results from the Tribag Mining Co. Ltd., in 1973 range from 0.12% Cu to 17% Cu and Silver values range up to as high as 52.5 oz/ton Ag.
File - Resident Geologist files SSMP Vankoughnet-01, SSMP Vankoughnet-10
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Location: SSM RGP office
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Havilland-Goulais Bay area, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2959 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Born P., Worona R., Stephenson C.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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Book - Northern Miner 73-06-14, Tribag
Publication Number: NMiner Page: 17 Date: 1973
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Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1970
Publication Number: MP046 Page: 92-93 Date: 1971
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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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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Article - Sault Ste. Marie District
Publication Number: MP057.004 Page: 86 Date: 1997
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Mono - Geology of the Havilland-Goulais Bay area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5602 Date: 1987
Author: Born P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Mines of northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV12.006 Page: 101 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
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