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| Record Name(s) | Tribag-East Breccia Zone - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Molybdenum, Silver
Township or Area: Norberg
Latitude: 47° 5' 30.35" Longitude: -84° 28' 41.46"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 691389.725 Northing: 5218447.421 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N01SW
Point Location Description: Adit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access to the property is followed north from Sault Ste. Marie for approximately 60 km to the Carp River road. The Carp River road is followed north for approximately 20 km to Mil 67 road which is then followed east for approximately 5 km to the Tribag road.
In 1956, 14 diamond drill holes totalling 680.32 feet were drilled under Inglis, M.O. In 1962-63, Tribag Mining Co. Ltd. completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 1099 feet . In 1963064, Tribag Mining Co. Ltd. completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 2314.1 feet. In 1964, Tribag Mining Co. Ltd completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 1539.7 feet. In 1965, Tribag Mining Co. Ltd., developed a 294 foot adit. The adit was to provide a base for undergound drilling to check the north west portion of the breccia wehre surface drilling had indicated a substantial tonnage of low grade copper ore. Sampling was completed along sections of the adit. In 1966, 3 Tribag Mining Co. Ltd., completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 604 feet. In 1969, New Senator-Rouyn Ltd., , completed 3 diamond drill holes totalling 1207 feet. In 1977, Tribag Mining Co Ltd., compelted 39 diamond drill holes totalling 15130 feet. In 1980, a total of 31 percussion drill hoes were laid out on the East Breccia by Dekalb Mining Corportaion. The holes were laid out 300 feet apart. DRilling depth was to be 300 feet on all holes. A total of 20 holes were actually drilled. Total footage drilled was 5,913 feet. Six of the remaining holes were not drilled due to inaccessibility to the percussion drill equipment and 3 were lost due to inability to keep the drill hole open through overburden. The remaining 2 holes were not attempted as deep overburden was expected. In 1985, Jonpol Exploration Ltd., completed a 4 hole diamond drill program totalling 1678 feet drilled to test geophysical features within the area of the gorund magnetic survey. Hole 85-1 intersected 2.4 feet assaying 0.036 oz/ton gold and 0.26 oz/ton silver. Hole 85-3 intersected 5.5 feet of 2200 ppm copper and 3.5 feet of 4100ppm zinc. In 2007, Amador Gold Corp. competed an MMI survey to test the area of known mineralization over the east breccia zone itself and to see if the zone extended under the area of thick overburden east of the east breccia. In 2009, Amador Gold Corp., conducted a 4 hole diamon drill program. The program was designed to look at the anomalous results from the MMI survey in conjunction with teh IP/Resistivity survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolet-0035 | 20000018499 | 20000018499 |
| Nicolet-0036 | 20000018526 | 20000018526 |
| Nicolet-0015-A1 | 41N01SW0075 | 41N01SW0075 |
| Nicolet-0031-C1 | 41N01SW0066 | 41N01SW0066 |
| Nicolet-0040 | 41N01SW0069 | 41N01SW0069 |
| SSMP_Norberg-03 | 41N01SW0034 | 41N01SW0034 |
| SSMP Nicolet-10 | 20000002634 | 20000002634 |
| SSMP Nicolet-16 | 20000004099 | 20000004099 |
| SSMP Nicolet-17 | 20000004700 | 20000004700 |
| Norberg-0016-A1 | 41N01SW0060 | 41N01SW0060 |
| Norberg-0010-A1 | 41N01SW0062 | 41N01SW0062 |
| Norberg-0010-E1 | 41N01SW0041 | 41N01SW0041 |
| Nicolet-0023-A1 | 41N01SW0052 | 41N01SW0052 |
| Norberg-0010-B1 | 41N01SW0061 | 41N01SW0061 |
| Nicolet-0034 | 41N01SW0065 | 41N01SW0065 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
Aug 17, 2011 (A Pace) - The East Breccia is hosted within the western section of the Archean Batchawana Greenstone Belt. The breccia is the largest of the Tribag Breccias . It underlies an oval-shaped area 2300 feet long and 1000 feet wide and is approximately 1800 feet south of the volcanic-granite contact. It is described as having tight packing of rock fragments throughout and a sparse quartzcarbonate matrix. The fragments are compoesed mainly of mafic volcanics and diabase.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Scheelite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 17, 2011 (A Pace) - Results from the 1980 drilling by Dekalb Mining Corporation averaged 0.11% copper, 0.009% molybdenum and 0.035 oz/ton silver. Results from Jonpol Exploration Ltd., included Hole 85-1 intersected 2.4 feet assaying 0.036oz/ton gold and 0.26 oz.ton silver. Hole 85-3 intersected 5.5 feet of 2200ppm copper and 3.5 feet of 4100ppm zinc. Diamond drill hole EB-2 interseceted 2.36% copper and 0.58 oz/ton silver over 20 feet, along with 0.09% molybdenite over 10 feet. Diamond rill hole EB-8 intersected 0.58% copper over 14.8 feet. Grab samples ranged from 0.34% to 1.76% copper. The breccia had been explred by a 294 foot adit and by pattern of vertical drill holes to a depth of 1000 feet. It is estimated to contain 125 million tons of 0.13% copper, of which 4,275,000 tons grading 0.27% copper are concentrated in the northwest part of the pipe. The grade of molybdenite is estimated at 0.03% to 0.05% molybdenite. Sulphide mineralization is distributed uniformly throughout the breccia mainly in the from of chalcopyrite and minor molybdenite. The sulphide mineralization has been described as occurring as replacement disseminations in the rock fragmetns, with molybdenite present mainly in late, randomly distributed fractures.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Breccia |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Tribag East Breccia Zone | 1998 | Unclassified | 113398092 | Wilson, A., 1998, Mineral Deposits not Being Mined in SSM District in 1998 | 125 million tons @ 0.13% Cu, 0.03-0.05% MoS2 | Copper .13 NA, Molybdenum .04 NA |
Book - Canadian Mining Journal Vol. 87 No. 4
Publication Number: CMJ Vol 87 Page: 77-80 Date: 1966
Author: Giblin, P.E.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Journal - The Tribag Breccia Pipes: Precambrian Cu-Mo Deposits, Batchawana Bay, 1985 Economic Geology vol. 80, no. 6
Publication Number: EconGeol v80 Page: 1593-1621 Date: 2011
Author: Normin, D.I., and Sawkins, J.
Publisher Name:
Location: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.80.6.1593
Map - Township 27, Range 13 [Norberg Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0359 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - CIMMB V 58 P1077-1082
Publication Number: CIMMB V 58 Date: 1965
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name:
Location:
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:
Book - CIMMB V 67 NO 748 P71-76
Publication Number: CIMMB V 67 Date: 1974
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Batchawana, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2251 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1974
Author: Giblin P.E., Armburst G.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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:
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: 79 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC007 Page: 13 Date: 1968
Author: Johnston F.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Compend - Annual report of the Regional and Resident Geologists, 1980
Publication Number: MP095 Page: 112 Date: 1981
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Compend - Summary of field work, 1963, by the Geological Branch, Ontario Department of Mines
Publication Number: PR1963-02 Page: 46-47 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Report of activities, 1985, Regional and Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP128 Page: 241 Date: 1986
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Thesis - Geology and Geochemistry of Tribag Mine, Batchawana Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1977
Author: Norman, D.I.
Publisher Name: University of Minnesota
Location: SSM RGP
Thesis - Copper Metallogeny, North Shore Region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 225-235, 286-287 Date: 1980
Author: Pearson, W.N.
Publisher Name: Queen's University
Location: Sault Ste. Marie RGP office
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