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| Record Name(s) | Southwest Coppell - 1970, US Smelting #1 - 1977, Us Smelting DDH Ns-2 - 1977 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jul-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Coppell
Latitude: 47° 50' 48.55" Longitude: -82° 35' 29.24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 380935 Northing: 5300501.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O15SE
Point Location Description: Drill collar located north of small lake in southwest corner of Coppell Twp.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This showing can be accessed by taking the Dore Main Haul Road approximately 100 km west of Timmins. Follow this road south where secondary logging roads will take you into Coppell Township. The Dore Road is also accessible from the main haul road between the town of Sultan and Highway 144.
1937: The ODM Annual Report 46 pt. first mentions that Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd. and the N.A. Timmins Corporation had prospecting parties working in the four townships that made up the Algoma Eastern Railway Company land grant; Dale, Newton, Coppell and Whigham Townships. This report mentions simply that gold discoveries were made in the vicinity of Hanson Lake. 1948: A small report by Sylvanite Gold Mines outlines prospecting in Coppell Township. 1950: Radiant Exploration Ltd. held a lease on the northern part of Coppell Township under agreement with Northern Ontario Lands Corporation Ltd. During this period Radiant Exploration conducted a program of exploration combining detailed geological mapping and prospecting. Radiant reported a pit on the east shore of Coppell Lake in a small bay that was said to contain visible gold. 1966: The Hanna Mining Company, as part of an agreement with the Algoma-Davis Timber Company, conducted an airborne electromagnetic survey and ground geological reconnaissance program over 6 patented townships of which Coppell Township was one. 1970-71: The U.S. Smelting and Refining Co. drilled a total of 3 holes into EM conductors in the northwest and southwest corners of Coppell Township. Hole NS-2 (304 ft), the subject of this report, was drilled in the southwest corner of Coppell Township just above a small lake and intersected anomalous zinc values. 1996-97: Inmet Mining - ground geophysics, 3 ddh. 2010: Red Pine Exploration Inc. completed an aerial electromagnetic and magnetic survey (T-6230 / 2.46831).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-6230 / 2.46831 | 20000006503 | 20000006503 |
| T-2286 | 41O15NE0535 | 41O15NE0535 |
| T-3823 / 2.17226 | 41O16SW0016 | 41O16SW0016 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Carbonate filled fractures are reported to intersect the core axis at an angle of 60-90 deg.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Argillite | Chert | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Quartzite | Silty | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Anomalous zinc assay reported in a drill hole at a vertical depth of 46m. The unit is described as dark grey/black very fine grained massive 'cherty' argillite. Unit contains carbonate filled fractures up to 3/4 inches but average 1/16 inches.
| 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 |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Up to 1.5% sulphides occur as fine disseminates and in hair line fractures. Sulphides are mainly pyrite with some sphalerite and trace specks of chalcopyrite.
Aug 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Assays returned values of 0.38% Zn and 0.02% Cu over 5 feet in cherty argillite. Assays from the Inmet drilling (Hole SWZ-08 in T-3823 / 2.17466) returned assays up to 4190 ppm Zn over 1.5 m.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Swayze gold area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM43B Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Rickaby H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 - 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: 154 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Coppell Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1986
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210451
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: 201-202 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rollo Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384b Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210450
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