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MDI41N02SE00003
| Record Name(s) | Palmer Breccia Zone - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Palmer
Latitude: 47° 2' .83" Longitude: -84° 33' 3.77"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 686062.593 Northing: 5211804.471 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 2.9 kilometres south of the north boundary of Palmer Township, 4.3 kilometres east of the west township boundary.
In 1964 a vertical hole numbered MB 1 was drilled by Consolidated Marbenor to a depth of 780 feet that intersected breccia and a number of felsite dykes. Consolidated Marbenor also conducted a soil geochem survey. In 1964 United Reef Petroleums Ltd., completed a 5 hole of 3193 feet of diamond drilling. In 1971 Deevil Mining Group Ltd., completed a soil geochem and IP survey. Keevil Mining Group Ltd., had drilled 4 holes. In 1988 Duration mines resampled selected portions of Keevill's drill core. In 1992 grid named the Peanut Grid Area was conducted in the area of the Plamer Breccia where soil geochemistry, Whole Rock lithogeochemistry, geology and prospecting were completed.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Palmer-0025 | 41N02SE0086 | 41N02SE0086 |
| SSMP-Palmer-14 | 41N02SE9052 | 41N02SE9052 |
| Palmer-0018-A1 | 41N02SE0089 | 41N02SE0089 |
| Palmer-0020 | 41N02SE0099 | 41N02SE0099 |
| Palmer-0013 | 41N02SE0083 | 41N02SE0083 |
| Nicolet-0021-A1 | 41N02SE1026 | 41N02SE1026 |
| Palmer-0015-B1 | 41N02SE0100 | 41N02SE0100 |
| Palmer-0014-A1 | 41N02SE0101 | 41N02SE0101 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Barite | Economic | Gangue |
Nov 09, 2010 (A Pace) - A breccia pipe cuts mafic metavolcanics. The pipe is 900 by 900 feet across at surface, extends to a depth of at least 800 feet, and appears to plunge north at 55. It consists of fragments of granite , diabase and metavolcanics in a vuggy carbonate-quartz-barite-sulphide matrix. In general, the grade is very low. The best assays are reported from depths of 206, 475, 727 feet where core samples assayed 3.47% Cu over 2.0 feet; 6.09% Cu over 3.0 feet; and 1.38% Cu over 2.0 feet, respectively. All other assays were less than 0.75% Cu; most were less than 0.10% Cu; over widths ranging from 1.0 to 11.5 feet. Hole MB-1 drilled in 1964 intersected breccai containing sparse chalcopyrite mineralization mostly in the carbonate matrix of the breccia. Duration Mines resampled selected portions of Keevil's drill core where the best results included 2.24g/t Au over 0.85m.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Breccia |
Date: Sep 13, 2010
Geologist: A Pace
Notes: Staff of the SSM Resident Geologist office conducted a field visit in the vicinity of the Palmer Breccia Zone. Outcrop exposure was poor due to dense forest and significant overburden. A series of boulders located within the vicinity were observed that were breccia. The breccia appeared clast supported with a quartz and minor carbonate mattrix with disseminated sulphides. No samples were collected due to obvious outcrop exposure.
Map - Geological series, Palmer Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0710 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 48 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Batchawana synoptic project, Mamainse Point-Pancake Bay sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P3062 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1987
Author: Grunsky E.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:
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