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Record: MDI42A12SW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mespi DH C-1 - 1964, Noranda - 1971, Mespi Copper Prospect - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Mar-06
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Cote

Latitude: 48° 37' 18.22"    Longitude: -81° 44' 5.34"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 445847.999   Northing: 5385667    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1963, B.W.Lang: AEM (T-843) // 1964, Mespi Mines: Amag, AEM surveys; drilling (C-1 to 320ft) (T-787, T-875) // 1970-71, Noranda Expln.: Mag & EM surveys, drilling (T-479) // 1991, Noranda Expln.: drilling (3 holes slightly to south of occ.; min. noted but no assays submitted, T-3521) //1999, Falconbridge Ltd.: Relog, lithogeochem analysis of Noranda 1991 dh (no economic results, T-4564)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-479, 2.380 42A12SE0336 42A12SE0336
T-3521, 17 42A12SE0330 42A12SE0330
T-4564 42A12NE2026 42A12NE2026
T-843, 63.1634(2) 42A12NE8908 42A12NE8908
T-787, 63.1287 42A12NE0653 42A12NE0653
T-875, 42A14SW9680 20000004928 20000004928
2.16257, T-3521 42A12NE0025 42A12NE0025

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Andesite Contains
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Granitic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 02, 2006 (D Draper) - Drillhole (320ft) intersected interbedded, chloritized and silicified, mafic-to-felsic flows and tuffs cut by granitic porphyry dykes. (P.840 marginal notes)




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
AmphiboleAlterationAmphibolitization1Strong
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2Strong

Mineralization Comments

Jun 02, 2006 (D Draper) - In Mespi drillhole C-1 a 6-foot section of andesite, noted as showing considerable alteration, amphibolization and chloritization, occurs between granitic porphyry intrusions and is mineralized with minor po and cpy. Assays averaged 0.32% Cu over this section, with the highest assay being 0.67% Cu and 0.01% Ni over 2.4ft. (T-875). Noranda's drilling near C-1 recorded po, cpy and py mineralization in 3 holes but no assay results were reported.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Timmins data series, Cote Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0840 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1973

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division 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 Page: 42A-321  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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