Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | International Norvalie DDH1 - 1971 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 8' 49.11" Longitude: -81° 54' 41.05"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 432207.05 Northing: 5333037.81 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Drill hole collar
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 west of Timmins until you reach where the Opishing River crosses the highway between Opishing and Beaucage Lakes. Take the Akweskwa Lake Access Road as far as the boat launch at Akweskwa Lake. By boat travel to the southern most bay of Akweskwa Lake. The showing is approximately 300m west of the central portion of the bay.
1946: prospecting. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - reconnaissance exploration. 1952-57: Norduna Mines - diamond drilling. 1952: Dunvegan Mines - diamond drilling. 1960: Jonsmith Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1965: Falconbridge Nickel Mines- ground mag, EM and self potential, 8 ddh. 1971: Norvalie Mines - diamond drilling. 1978-89: Texasgulf Canada Ltd. - mag and VLF surveys. 1983: Ingamar Exploration Ltd. - trenching, stripping and sampling, ground VLF, airborne mag, VLF-EM. 1983: MPH consulting - airborne mag and VLF-EM survey. 1984-85: Bearcat Exploration - ground VLF and IP survey, trenching, sampling, mapping. 1988-89: Halley Resources: 11 ddh.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-429 / 2.765 | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-622 / 63.1924 | 42A04NW0161 | 42A04NW0161 |
| T-622 / | 42A04NW0159 | 42A04NW0159 |
| T-2793 / 2.6285 | 42A04NW0138 | 42A04NW0138 |
| T-2793 / 2.7342 | 42A04NW0132 | 42A04NW0132 |
| T-2793 / 2.8619 | 42A04NW1028 | 42A04NW1028 |
| T-2793 / 2.6379 | 42A04NW0137 | 42A04NW0137 |
| T-2793 / 2.8437 | 42A04NW0130 | 42A04NW0130 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-2845 / 2.6417 | 42A04NW0135 | 42A04NW0135 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0118 | 42A04NW0118 |
| T-2845 / 63.4078 | 42A04NW8570 | 42A04NW8570 |
| T-2000 / 2.3324 | 42A04NW0144 | 42A04NW0144 |
| T-2799 / 2.8066 | 42B01NE0105 | 42B01NE0105 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0122 | 42A04NW0122 |
| T-429 / donation | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0158 | 42A04NW0158 |
| T-622 / W7206-00033 | 42A04NW5061 | 42A04NW5061 |
| T-2793 / 2.5820 | 42A04NW0141 | 42A04NW0141 |
| T-527 / donation | 42A04NW0155 | 42A04NW0155 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Unit is described as being banded with occasional shear zones reported.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Tuff | 1 | Tuff | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Adjacent | |
| Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 3 | Chloritic | Shear Zone | Contains |
| Vein | 4 | Quartz | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Anomalous Cu values reported in drill log in a unit referred to as a grey banded tuff. Unit contains some siliceous sections with the occasional quartz vein.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Copper mineralization is in the form of chalcopyrite stringers or veinlets associated with small zones intersecting the core axis at about 80 degrees.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays returned 0.1% Cu within chloritic shear between 107-115 feet, and 0.32% Cu within a 1 inch shear zone associated with a quartz vein at 156-157 feet.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 18 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 25, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: An attempt was made to locate the drill collar but since the time of drilling the area has been clear-cut and replanted making it very difficult to find traces of drilling prior to the logging.
Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 504-505 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R297 Page: 52 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Kenogaming Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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