Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Coppell Lake - 1950, Radiant Explorations - 1950 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jul-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Coppell
Latitude: 47° 53' 43.45" Longitude: -82° 29' 48.11"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 388129 Northing: 5305758.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16NW
Point Location Description: Old pit located just east of the small land locked bay on the east shore of Coppell Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This showing can be accessed by taking the Dore Main Haul Road, approximately 100 km west of Timmins, and then secondary logging roads into Coppell Township which get to within a couple of hundred metres of streams draining into Coppell lake. From such a launch point it is possible to canoe into and across Coppell Lake.
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. 2010: Red Pine Exploration Inc. performed an aerial electromagnetic, 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 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO V01 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Vein is reported to strike at approximately N70W and dip steeply south.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic pillowed flow | 1 | Basalt | Pillowed | Host |
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| Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Showing is described as being an old pit in spherulitic pillow lava. The pit apparently has been excavated over a small 8-18 inch quartz vein with sparse pyrite mineralization. Small sparse visible gold mineralization has also been reported.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Small 12 inch quartz vein sparsely mineralized with pyrite and said to contain traces of visible gold.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 70 | N/A | N/A |
File - Resident Geologist file T-2039
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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, Algoma, Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2352 Scale: 1:250,000 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
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: 308 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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