Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Korpela Claims - 1967, Kinogama River Occurrence - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Eisenhower
Latitude: 47° 38' 33.12" Longitude: -82° 58' .7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 352272.96 Northing: 5278444.7 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NW
Point Location Description: Pits with intermittent stripping along side of road. Position transferred from a sketch map.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Road access may be accomplished by taking Highway 677 off of Highway 129 south of Chapleau as far as Kormak station on the Canadian National Railway line. From Kormak station travel 3.5 km by road in a northeasterly direction to where an old overgrown road heads west. Follow this trail for about 1.2 km where stripping and pitting should be found along the south side of the road.
1970: E. Korpela performed pitting and stripping over a sulphide facies iron formation in northwest Eisenhower Twp. One drill hole is reported to have been sunk to a depth of 18 m, which failed to completely penetrate the formation. 1990: M. Tremblay conducted a sampling program in the area with several samples taken just to the west of the Korpela showing. Assay results for these samples were not supplied with the assessment report.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3312 / 63.5673 | 41O14SW9179 | 41O14SW9179 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Hong Kong
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sulphide Ironstone | 1 | Sulphide Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Exposure of magnetic, banded sulphide facies iron formation. Bands are composed mainly of quartz (chert?), amphibolite and massive to disseminated pyrrhotite. Iron formation is hosted by mafic to intermediate metavolcanics.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Iron formation is reported to contain massive to disseminated bands of pyrrhotite with minor amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite. Assays taken by Korpela are said to be as high as 0.14 % Ni and 0.14 % Cu. Three grab samples taken by R.P. Sage on a visit circa 1970 and analyzed by Mineral Research Branch, Ontario Division of Mines returned the following assays: northernmost pit, 0.11 % Cu, 0.03 % Ni central pit, 0.06 % Cu, 0.03 % Ni, 0.29% Zn southernmost pit, 0.05 % Cu, 0.03 % Ni.
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Unknown | .05 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | .11 | % | |||
| Copper | Unknown | .06 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .03 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .03 | % | |||
| Nickel | Unknown | .03 | % | |||
| Zinc | Unknown | .29 | % |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sedimentary |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 105 | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 41O-77 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-3639
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 158, 242 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 145-146 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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