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| Record Name(s) | Tribag Mine-Breton Breccia - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Nicolet
Latitude: 47° 5' 17.05" Longitude: -84° 29' 30.99"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 690358.7 Northing: 5218003.44 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Approximately 150 metres south of Mine Lake, 3 kilometres north of the south boundary of Nicolet Township, 7.5 kilometres east of the west township boundary.
1954: K. Gunterman staked the property. 1955: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. completed 8,331 feet of diamond drilling in 22 holes covering numerous breccia zones. 1962-69: Tribag Mining Co. Ltd. completed IP, SP, MAG, and geological surveys, 160,000 feet of diamond drilling in numerous holes covering all Tribag Breccia pipes to the end of 1965; several thousand additional diamond drill holes to the end of 1968; Shaft to 1247 feet with development on 7 levels. 1967: Production from Breton zone commenced at a rate of approximately 450 tons/day, with mill averaging 1.7% Cu.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| NICOLET 0013 | 41N02SE0021 | 41N02SE0021 |
| NICOLET 0012 | 41N01SW0059 | 41N01SW0059 |
| NICOLET 0025 | 41N01SW0051 | 41N01SW0051 |
| NICOLET 0023A1 | 41N01SW0052 | 41N01SW0052 |
| NICOLET 0014 | 41N02SE0023 | 41N02SE0023 |
| NICOLET 0034 | 41N01SW0065 | 41N01SW0065 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Host |
Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - The Breton breccia consists of angular fragments of granite, diabase, gabbro, and metavolcanic rocks, cemented by a coarsely crystalline, vuggy, matrix of quartz and carbonate. The wallrock of the breccia zone is granite. The Breton breccia pipe is 1300 feet long and 400 feet wide at surface. Its walls dip steeply. The pipe widens slightly with depth and is 900 feet wide at the 1200-foot level. The breccia extends to a depth of at least 2175 feet. Mining has been from above the 1200-foot level.
| 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 | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Marcasite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Scheelite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Barite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Chalcopyrite and pyrite, accompanied by small amounts of galena, sphalerite, and molybdenite, occur in both the matrix and the fragments of the breccia. The ore zones in the Breton pipe form saddle shaped bodies within the breccia. Narrow post-ore fault zones carry minor molybdenite.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailings | 1969 | Unclassified | 90718 | EMR 1989 MR 223 | Tailings: 100,000 tons @ 0.6 - 1.0% W and 1 million tons @ 0.23% WO3 | Tungsten .6 Percent |
| Breton Breccia | 1969 | Unclassified | 36287390 | EMR 1989 MR 223 | 40 million tons @ 0.2% Cu above 1000 feet | Copper .2 Percent |
Book - Canadian Mining Journal Vol. 87 No. 4
Publication Number: CMJ V 87 Page: 77-80 Date: 1966
Author: Giblin, P.E.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Township 28, Range 13 [Nicolet Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0361 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Publication - Geology of the Tribag Mine. CIM Transactions Vol. 58
Publication Number: CIMMB V 58 Page: 321-326 Date: 1965
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
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:
Publication - Batchawana Area - A Possible Precambrian Pophyry Copper District; CIM Bulletin Vol. 67 No. 748
Publication Number: CIMMB V 67 Page: 71-76 Date: 1974
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Location:
Journal - Hydrothermal alteration of a breccia pipe deposit, Tribag Mine, Batchawana bay, Ontario; Economic Geology (1969) vol. 64 no. 5
Publication Number: EGS V64 Page: 551-563 Date: 1969
Author: Armbrust, G.A.
Publisher Name: Economic Geology; Society of Economic Geologists
Location: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.64.5.551
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: 80 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Publication - Copper deposits and occurrences in the north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario
Publication Number: Paper 83-28 Page: 34 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: 144 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Compend - Summary of field work, 1962, by the Geological Branch, Ontario Department of Mines
Publication Number: PR1962-04 Page: 17 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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 - Summary of field work, 1964, by the Geological Branch
Publication Number: PR1964-06 Page: 25-26, 58 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Summary of field work, 1965, by the Geological Branch
Publication Number: PR1965-03 Page: 70 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Summary of field work, 1966, by the Geological Branch
Publication Number: PR1966-01 Page: 63 Date: 1998
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Article - Sudbury District
Publication Number: MP017.002 Page: 10, 11, 19 Date: 1997
Author: Donovan J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1972
Publication Number: MP054 Page: 87-88 Date: 1973
Author: Pye E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Compend - Annual report of Resident Geologists Section, Geological Branch, 1973
Publication Number: MP057 Page: 8787 Date: 1974
Author: Kustra C.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Article - Sault Ste. Marie Resident Geologist area, Northeastern Region
Publication Number: MP128.009 Page: 241 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Leahy E.J., Donald J.P., Frey E.D., Kral J.J., Tortosa D.J.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Thesis - The Origin of the Breton Breccia, Batchawana Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1968
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name: McGill University
Location: SSM RGP
Thesis - Wall Rock Alteration and Paragenesis of the Tribag Mine, Batchawana Bay, Ontario
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Date: 1967
Author: Armbrust, G.A.
Publisher Name: University of Colorado
Location: SSM RGP
Journal - Hydrothermal alteration of a breccia pipe deposit, Tribag Mine, Batchawana bay, Ontario; Economic Geology vol. 64, no. 5
Publication Number: EG Vol 64 Page: 551-563 Date: 1969
Author: Armbrust, G.A.
Publisher Name: Economic Geology
Location: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.64.5.551
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
Publication - Copper metallogeny, Lake Huron area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 78-1A
Publication Number: GSC Paper 78-1A Page: 267 Date: 1978
Author: Pearson, W.N.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103899
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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