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Record: MDI42A08SE00104

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Tamminen-Sullivan Property - 1965, Here Fault Copper Ltd. - 1974, Falconbridge Copper Corporation - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Melba

Latitude: 48° 19' 58.31"    Longitude: -80° 1' 49.47"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 571860.24   Northing: 5353751.89    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 42A08SE

Point Location Description: Pits

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1965-77: Here Fault Copper Limited – DD-5-2277 ft.; max-min HLEM survey; ground magnetometer, EM survey, sampling; airborne geophysics. 1980-81 Rosario Resources Canada Ltd. – mapping, geochemical survey, IP, VLF-EM, gravity surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
KL-1130/2.2335 42A08SE0044 42A08SE0044
KL-1130/63.1139 42A08SE0050 42A08SE0050
KL-1130 / 2.1359 42A08SE0051 42A08SE0051
KL-1130/63.3225 42A08SE0054 42A08SE0054
KL-1130/ 14 42A08SE0055 42A08SE0055
2.7403 42A08SE0450 42A08SE0450
2.3202 42A08SE0037 42A08SE0037
KL-1130/2.2420 42A08SE0043 42A08SE0043

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Carbonate Host
Intermediate Tuff 2 Andesite-Dacite Tuff, Fragmental Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2GalenaEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

May 30, 2016 (A Wilson) - Composite samples yielded assays of trace Au, 0.01 oz. Ag, 0.04% Cu and 0.005 Zn. Very anomalous ppm zinc values are present in the pyritic dacite above the mineralized zone and very anomalous ppm copper values are present in the pyritic dacite below the mineralized zone. The zinc zone returned 1% Zn over 1 ft. and 0.34% Zn over 5 ft. The copper zone returned 0.62% Cu over 4 ft. and 0.35% Cu over 9 ft.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

File - Resident Geologist files KL-2354, KL-2413

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


MonoMap - Geology of Melba and Bisley townships, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R103 Page: 23  Date: 1972

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


File - Res/Reg Property Visit Report #331

Publication Number: PV 331 Date: 1901

Author: H.L. Lovell

Publisher Name:

Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Map - Melba and Bisley townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2252 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1972

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ramore area, southeastern part, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P3053 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1986

Author: Jensen L.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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