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| Record Name(s) | Tribag-South Breccia - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Nicolet
Latitude: 47° 5' 15.51" Longitude: -84° 30' 20.53"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 689315.7 Northing: 5217922.45 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41N02SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Approximately 350 metres south east of Mine Lake, 3.0 kilometres north of the south boundary of Nicolet Township.
1954: K. Gunterman staked the property. 1955: Sylvanite Gold Mines Ltd. carried out 22 diamond drill holes totaling 8,331 ft., covering numerous breccia zones. 1962-69: Tribag Mining Co Ltd. carried out geophysical surveys (IP, SP, MAG), geological survey, 160,000 feet of diamond drilling in numerous holes covering all Tribag breccia zones to the end of 1965; several thousand additional diamond drill holes to the end of 1968.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| NICOLET 0014 | 41N02SE0023 | 41N02SE0023 |
| NICOLET 0023 | 41N01SW0052 | 41N01SW0052 |
| NICOLET 0034 | 41N01SW0065 | 41N01SW0065 |
| NICOLET 0010 | ||
| NICOLET 0012 | 41N01SW0059 | 41N01SW0059 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Batchawana
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Breccia zone with quartz carbonate sulphide matrix.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 12, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Chalcopyrite, pyrite, minor galena, and sphalerite occur in the breccia matrix.
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:
Publication - Geology of the Tribag Mine. CIM Transactions Vol. 58
Publication Number: CIMMB V 58 Page: 1077-1082 Date: 1965
Author: Blecha, M.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
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: 80 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:
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:
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:
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: 145 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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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