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| Record Name(s) | Cochrane 1-82 - 1982, Noranda DDH CO-83-1 - 1983, Borden Lake Pyrite - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Jul-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Gold
Secondary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Cochrane
Latitude: 47° 52' 8.46" Longitude: -83° 18' 3.02"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 327938.29 Northing: 5304304.98 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O14SW
Point Location Description: Disseminated sulphides in roadcut
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is accessible via highway 101 and is located approximately 1 km west of Borden Lake.
1982-84: Noranda Exploration Co Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, 1 ddh (601 ft). 1990-93: M Tremblay - sampling, prospecting, ground geophysics, trenching. 2011: Probe Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysics, DD – 134 – 35433 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2826 / | 41O14SW0004 | 41O14SW0004 |
| T-2826 / 2.7602 | 41O14SW1003 | 41O14SW1003 |
| T-3451 / 2.15100, 63.5673 / 41O14SW9179 | 41O14SW9200 | 41O14SW9200 |
| T-3451 / OP92-610 | 42B02SE0011 | 42B02SE0011 |
| T-3451 / OP93-449 | 41O15NE0001 | 41O15NE0001 |
| T-3451 / 2.15028 | 41O14SW9184 | 41O14SW9184 |
| T-6227 / 2.47268 | 20000006099 | 20000006099 |
| T-6293 / 2.49500 | 20000006841 | 20000006841 |
| T-6485 / 2.52618 | 20000007413 | 20000007413 |
| T-6649 / 2.54572 | 20000014794 | 20000014794 |
| T-3451 / 2.14183 | 41O14SW0001 | 41O14SW0001 |
| T-2826 / 2.6110 | 41O14SW0003 | 41O14SW0003 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Schistose | Host |
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| Serpentinite | 2 | Serpentinized | Near | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 3 | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing is hosted in a sequence of amphibolitized metasediments, mafic metavolcanic rocks and garnetiferous amphibolite. Minor rhyolitic quartz-eye porphyry (sericite schist) has also been described on the property.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
May 11, 2016 (P Bousquet) - Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1977 returned assays of 0.02% Cu, 0.03% Ni and 0.07% Cu, 0.01% Ni. The best assays from the Noranda drilling returned 426 ppb Au over 3 ft. The best assay obtained by M. Tremblay returned 315 ppb Au from a grab sample of sericite schist.
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 233 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: 185 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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