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| Record Name(s) | Ethel Copper Property - 1952, St. Lucie Exploration - 1962, G.S. Welsh Property - 1968, Merico-Ethel Property - 1997 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1987-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: James
Latitude: 47° 44' 56.74" Longitude: -80° 16' 31.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 554308.003 Northing: 5288667.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P09NW
Point Location Description: Adit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Proceed east from Elk Lake on highway 560 towards Charlton for 5.1km and turn right onto old bush road & park truck; walk down bush road for 322m to site.
1911: Elk Lake Cobalt Mines of Ontario (?) - shaft development. 1952-56: Ethel Copper Mines Ltd. trenching, 3 DD-850 ft. 1960-66: St. Lucie Exploration Company Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD-36-7574 feet, adit developed, in production 1972: N.R. G. Resources Inc. - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics. 1997: Cusil Venture Corporation - ground geophysics, mapping. 2004-2008: Temex Resources Corp. - ground geophysics, prospecting, trenching sampling, soil geochemical sampling, DD-10
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| CO-3091 | 20000000856 | 20000000856 |
| CO-3093 | 20000001443 | 20000001443 |
| CO-3254 | 20000002556 | 20000002556 |
| CO-2450 / 2.18261 | 41P16SW2002 | 41P16SW2002 |
| CO-1237 / 2.1045 | 41P09NW0004 | 41P09NW0004 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Calcite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Contains | |
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 3 | Footwall |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - Nipssing diabase (olivine hypersthene) dips east and is intrusive into Gowganda conglomerate and arkose. The copper-silver veins are richest in the diabase, but also occur in the underlying Gowganda metasediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Specularite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue |
Oct 12, 2011 (A Wilson) - The grade of the ore was reportedly 3.15% Cu over 6.3 feet. Assays from the diamond drill logs showed variable values with the one of the better assays being 10.4% Cu over 2.8 feet. Silver mineralization had a grade of less than 1 oz/t. The mineralized zone averaged 7 feet in width. The zone strikes N70E, dips 80 north and consists of a concentration of fractures and slips with slickensided surfaces. Bornite is confined to the footwall side of the zone where slickensided surfaces are more prominently developed. The hanging wall is more typically mineralized with hematite associated with chalcopyrite. The main vein strikes west-southwest and extends for over 600 feet in length.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel Copper Property | 1966 | Unclassified | 29029 | MDC010 p. 346 | 32,000 tons grading 2.64% Cu above the 150-foot level | Copper 2.64 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 15828 |
Silver 188518 Gold 3421 Copper 201182 |
MRC010, P.346, MDIR: T 0356 |
File - Resident Geologist files CO-2109
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office
Map - Mickle and James townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2151 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - James Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0239 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hill Lake, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2501 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1986
Author: Johns G.W., Hoyle W., Good D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Elk Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R062 Page: 25-26 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 346 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 360 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hill Lake, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2501 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1986
Author: Johns G.W., Hoyle W., Good D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Hill Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R250 Page: 75 Date: 1986
Author: Johns G.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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