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Record: MDI41N02SE00105

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) New Senator East - 1969
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Nicolet

Latitude: 47° 4' 18.29"    Longitude: -84° 30' 32.03"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 689129.66   Northing: 5216148.46    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: 1.3 kilometres north of the south boundary of Nicolet Township, 6.8 kilometres east of Pancake Lake.



Exploration History

1963: Tribag Mining Co Ltd. carried out 1 diamond drill hole totaling 740 ft. 1963-68: New Senator-Rouyn Ltd. carried out a ground geophysical survey (self potential and magnetometer), geological surveys, 14 diamond drill holes totaling 9,551 ft. 1964: New Senator-Rouyn Ltd. carried out 6 diamond drill holes totaling 4,066 ft. 1966: New Senator-Rouyn Ltd. carried out 1 diamond drill hole totaling 317 ft. 1968-1969: New Senator-Rouyn Ltd. carried out 6 diamond drill holes totaling 4,428 ft., a ground geophysical survey (self-potential), and compilation and interpretation. 1970: New Senator-Rouyn Ltd. carried out 3 diamond drill holes totaling 940 ft., assaying and analyses.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
NICOLET 0027-A1 41N01SW0053 41N01SW0053
NICOLET 0010-B1 41N02SE1012 41N02SE1012
NICOLET 0010-A1 41N02SE0025 41N02SE0025
NICOLET 0020-B1 41N01SW0047 41N01SW0047
NICOLET 0017-A1 41N02SE0159 41N02SE0159
NICOLET 0010-D1 41N01SW9177 41N01SW9177
NICOLET 0010-C1 41N01SW0073 41N01SW0073

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Batchawana

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Breccia-unsubdivided 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Silicified zone in brecciated mafic metavolcanics. The extent of the zone has not been determined but appears to be at least 250 feet long. All assay results gave less than 1% Cu. (File SSM-520,-633) (MDC012 P.79).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
3GalenaEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Chalcopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, and galena are found within the silicified section of the breccia zone.



Mineral Record Details

References

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:


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:


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:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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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