ES 004(A) COPPER IN QUEBEC GOUVERNEMENT DU QUEBEC DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Honorable Paul-E. Allard, Minister
MINES BRANCH
SPECIAL PAPER 4
COPPER IN QUEBEC
Compiled by
G.W. WADDINGTON
MINERAL DEPOSITS SERVICE
QUEBEC 1969
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Honorable Paul-E. Allard, Minister
MINES BRANCH
SPECIAL PAPER 4
COPPER IN QUEBEC
Compiled by
G.W. WADDINGTON
MINERAL DEPOSITS SERVICE
QUÉBEC 1969
FORENARD
This compilation constitutes an inventory of copper occurrences in the Province of Quebec and, as such, belongs to the series of published monographs on metallic substances . Inventories of specific substances having given place_ in recent years to annotated bibliographies2 listing all the metallic mineralizations occurring over large tracts of the Province, the monograph on copper occurrences serves to reestablish the balance between the two types of compilations, each of which in its own style aims at a complete inventory of the metallic mineralizations of the Province.
It should be noted that this monograph is based on information available in 1964 and was prepared independent of the annotated bibliographies. The first remark means that, to bring and to keep the compilation up to date, one should consult the various compilation works and geological reports published by the Department since 1964, as well as reports of the Federal Government covering the geological work done in the Province of Quebec. The second remark implies that the monograph does not necessarily contain all the copper occurrences listed in the bibliographies and vice versa; it also implies that, for a thorough inventory of the Appalachians and Northwestern Quebec, the two types of compilations must be consulted as they are complementary to each other.
An exhaustive compilation of this type is often character- ized by certain shortcomings inherent to the uninterpreted and unweighted nature of the data. Despite this and the small errors it is susceptible to contain, it is hoped that this volume will prove useful to the Mining Industry.
1- Lead and Zinc (P.R.371, 1958), Iron (P.R.409, 1960), and Nickel (P.R.461, 1961). 2- Annotated bibliographies of the metallic mineralization in the Quebec Appalachians (report S-72 and maps B-790, B-791 and B-792) and in the regions of Noranda, Val-d'Or, Matagami, and Chibougamau (report ES-2 and map No. 1600). The former report was published in 1963; the latter in 1967.
Paul-E. Grenier, Director Geological Services.
July 1967. EDITOR'S NOTES
This compilation takes into consideration the bibliography available in 1964. The names of some copper minerals as found in earlier publications and which are obsolete now have been changed in order to render the descriptions easier to undestand. The following are the changes:
Azurite instead of Blue carbonate Bornite Variegated sulphuret Chalcopyrite Copper pyrites, yellow sulphuret Chalcocite Copper glance, vitreous sulphurst Cuprite Red oxide Malachite u Green carbonate Tenorite Black oxide
All occurrences are grouped under the townships or seigneuries in which they are found.. The central point of these townships or seigneuries is given in terms of longitude and latitude between parentheses.
The following points are worthy. of note:
1)SUB-TITLES - e.g. VI-30 (Noranda Mines Ltd.)
The sub-title identifies each description within the broader township grouping. It indicates the location of the mine shaft or the principal mineral occurrence, but does not necessarily comprise the entire area over which the mineralization extends. Ranges are shown in Roman numerals and lots in Arabic numerals: thus, VI-30 means Range VI, lot 30.
Names of companies are given in many sub-titles to assist in identifying the locus of the mineralization. These companies may, at one time, have had the rights to the mineralization or performed exploration work on it, but are not necessarily the present owners of the mining titles.
2)REFERENCES
1) The references to publications give, in abbreviated form, the name of the government organization or society responsible fôr the publication, the title or number of the publication, the year of publi- cation, and the number of the pages related to the description.
2) Government publications are listed in chronological order. - IV - 3) The few publications that exist in French only are identified by an asterisk (m).
The abbreviations to be found in this report and their meaning are the following:
Government of the Province of Quebec
Q.D.C.L.- Quebec Department of Crown Lands
The first "Mining Engineer of the Quebec Government" was J. Obalski. He published his first report as part of the "Report of the Commissioner of Crown Lands". In 1891, a Bureau of Mines was organized as a definite branch of the Department of Crown Lands. References facing the abbrevi- ation Q.D.C.L. are:
Min. and Min. (1890) - Mines and Minerals of the Province of Quebec.
Ann. Rep. 18 — - Reports .of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for year ending in June, 18 -. This is for years previous to 1898.
Q.D.C.M.- Quebec Department of Colonization and Mines.
In 1897, the Bureau of Mines was transferred to the newly created "Department of Colonization and Mines" and the chief of the Bureau was appointed "Superintendent of Mines".
Q.B.M. - Quebec Bureau of Mines
In 1898, the Bureau of Mines inaugurated the series of reports entitled "Mining Operations" and began to publish reports of a monographic nature and reports on the geology and mineral resources.
In 1929, a Division of Geology was added to the Bureau. Reports of this Division constituted parts B, C, D, etc. of the "Annual Report of the Quebec Bureau of Mines". The title of part A was "Mining Operations and Statistics". To facilitate identification of part A and mark its con- tinuity with the annual reports of the period 1898-1928, references to this part are abbreviated "Op. Min. 19 -". In 1935, the Bureau inaugurated the series of "Preliminary Reports".
- V - In 1937, the Division of Geology started to issue a separate series of volumes, consecutively numbered, designated Geologi- cal Reports, instead of calling them parts of the Annual Report of the Bureau of Mines. The Bureau itself started to publish its annual report as a separate volume entitled "Mining Industry". Abbreviations for certain reports facing Q.B.M. are:
Lake St.John (1905) - Mineral Resources of the Lake St. John area.
Fabre (1911) - Geology of the township of Fabre, by Robert Harvie.
Chiboug. (1911) - Geology and Mineral Resources of the Chibougamau region, by the Chibougamau Commission.
Ungava (1913) - Report on Ungava, recently annexed .to the Province of Quebec under the name of "New Quebec".
Ungava (1915) - Report on the district of Ungava recently added to the Province of Quebec under the name of the territory of New Quebec. Reprint.
Ungava (1929) - Extracts from Reports on the district of Ungava or New Quebec. Third edition. Revised.
Fer Qué. (1915) - Les minerais de fer dans la province de Québec, par E. Dubieux. Published in French only.
Bancroft (1915) _ Report on the Copper Déposits of the Eastern Townships of the Province of Quebec, by J. Austin Bancroft.
Q.D.M. - Quebec Department of Mines
Q.D.N.R.- Quebec Department of Natural Resources
- VI -
Government_of Canada
G.S.C. - Geological Survey of Canada
Between 1843 and 1884, the Survey's annual reports consisted of "Reports of Progress". Between 1885 and 1904, they were titled "Annual Reports"; from 1905 to 1933, year of last publication, they were named "Summary Reports". Since 1904, publications of the Survey have comprised, mainly: Memoirs, Museum Bulletins, the Economic Geology Series, Bulletins and Papers. Recent administrative reports on the work of the Geological Survey are found in the Annual Reports of the Department of Mines and Resources, or since 1949, in those of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys (Department of Energy, Mines and Resources since 1966).
The following list of titles is given in order to facilitate the identifications of reports designated by a number only:
No. 398 (1862) Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada, and of its crys- talline rocks. Published in English only..
No. 402 (1867) - Esquisse géologique du Canada. Published in French only. No. 405 (1876) - Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada. Published in English only.
No. 406 (1878) Catalogue des minéraux, roches et fossiles du Canada.. Published in French only.
No. 409 (1886) _ Descriptive catalogue of a collection of the economic minerals of Canada. Published in English only.
Nc. 471 (1851) Catalogue of some of the economic minerals and deposits of Canada. Published in English only.
No. 488 (1900) Economic minerals of Canada. Published in French under No. 489.
No. 693 (1900) Descriptive catalogue of a collection of. the economic minerals of Canada. Published in French under No. 694.
No. 882 (1904) Bulletin of the ores of copper in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec. By R.W. Ells. Published in English only. No. 923 (1906) - Geological report on the Chibougamau mining region. Published in French under No. 955.
Nc. 974 (1908) - Report on the copper deposits of the Eastern Townships of Quebec, with a review of the igneous rocks of the district. Published in French under No. 975.
No.1028 (1908) - Report on a recent discovery of gold near Lake Megantic. Published in French under No. 1032.
C.M.B. - Mines Branch, Department of Mines and Resources (Mines and Technical Surveys since 1949, and Energy, Mines and Resources since 1966).
No. 167 (1912) - Pyrites in Canada, by A.W.G. Wilson. Published in French in 1914 under No. 169.
Miscellany
C.I.M. - The Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Bulletin.
C.M.I. - Canadian Mining Institute.
C.M.J. - Canadian Mining Journal.
C.M.M.R.-Canadian Mining and Mechanical Review.
C.N.G. - Canadian Naturalist and Geologist.
E.G. - Economic Geology and the Bulletin of Economic Geologists.
E.M.J. - Engineering and Mining Journal.
G.A.C. - Geological Association of Canada.
G.M.A.Q,-General Mining Association of Quebec.
L.H.S.Q.-Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.
R.S.C. - Royal Society of Canada. 3) PRODUCTION AND RESERVE FIGURES
To'give a better'idea of the production and reserves of copper in the'Province of Quebec, an'appendix has been prepared using figures contained. in'the compilation and those to be found in the files of the Service and - specialized publications such as- the Financial. Post Survey of Mines. In the- case of mines that have come into production after 1964 or closed after that- year, changes have been made in the des- criptions without mention of the references from which the information is drawn.
_IX_ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
Introduction 1 Descriptions of deposits 1 Townships 1 Acton 1 Aigremont 4 Aiguebelle 4 Ailly 5 Aldfield 5 Angoulême 5 Antoine 6 Ascot 6 Atwater 19 Aux 19 Awantjish (Augmentation) 19 Baby 19 Bailloquet 20 Barford 2O Barlow 2O Barraute 21 Barry 25 Bartouille 25 Baskatong 25 Béarn 26 Beauchastel 26 Bellechasse 33 Bellecombe 34 Benoit 35 Bergères 35 Bergeronnes 36 Bernetz 36 Bignell 36 Blanche 37 Blanchet 37 Blondeau 37 Boisbuisson 39 Bolton 41 Bonnécamp 46 Botsford 46 Souchette 46 Bourbaux 47 Bourlamaque 47 Bousquet 54 Bouteroue 58 Boyer 58 X
Townships Page
Boyvinet 59 Branssat 59 Briand 59 Brodeur 60 Brome 60 Brompton 65 Brongniart 66 Broughton 66 Bulstrode. 67 But eux 68 Cabot 68 Cadillac 68 Caire 71 Campbell 71 Cap-des-Rosiers 71 Carpentier 72 Carqueville 72 Castagnier 72 Casupscull 73 Cavelier .. 73 Caxton 73 Chabot 74 Charpeney 74 Chassin 74 Chauveau 74 Chavigny 75 Chazel ._ . 76 Chérisy 76 Chertsey 77 Chester 77 Chilton 82 Clapham 83 Clarendon 83 Clarke 83 Cléricy. 84 Clérion 87 Clermont 87 Cleveland 88 Clinton 92 Colbert 93 Collet 93 Comporté 93 Comtois 93 - XI - Townships Page Condé ...... Cook
Coopman 94 Courcelette Courchesne 95 Courtemanche <,r ourvi e 9t Cranbourne 96 Crisafy,. :6 Currie - Cuvier 98 Daine 9h Dalet `jr ... .... Dalmas - •, Dalquier " ' 99
Daniel ...... 102 ... Dasserat 102,
Daubrée 106 Denain -...... :::::.:::.:::: 101 Desandrouins ...... ...... :.:::.::...... 107 Des Herbiers .. 107
Desjardins 10 Desmazures'' 108 Desmeloizes' 1G~. Decrobert. ïl: 1 Destor .. 11 Devlin :.14 Disson IIb Ditchfield •li`' .. Dollard Ilt .. .... . Dollier 116 .. Dolomieu • 116 Drouet 116 Dubuisson 126 Duchesnay ...... 1:".0 Ducros ...... ". Dudswell 121
Duf ay •••...... •••••••...... •• 121
Dufresnoy ...... 122
Du Guesclin ...... • .••••.• ..... 129 Duhamel '... 129
Dunh am .....••...•• ...... '...... y ap
D unière ...... 121 - XII -
Townships page
Duparquet _,._ Duprat 123 Durham 138 Dussieux 140 Du Tast 140 Luverny • 140 Eardley . 143 Egan 142 Ely 144 Fabre 146 Fancamp 148 Faribault 149 Fauvel 149 Fiedmont 149 Figuery 150 Fleuriau 151
F ournière . ....• ...... • 152 Frampton 153 Franquet ...... • 153 Fraser 153 Gaboury 154 Galinée 155 Galt ...... •.....• 157 Gamache 157
G arthby ...... 157
G aulin 159 Gauvin 159
Gayhurst 160 Gendreau 160 Goynish 160
Gra nby 160 Grand-Calumet 161 Granet...... • ... • 161
Grantham 162 Grenville 162 Guercheville 162
Guérin 164 Guettard ...... • 165 Guillet 165 Guillimin ...... 168 Guyenne ...... 168 Haig ..... 168 Hainaut-...... 169 Townships Page
Halifax . 169 Hallé 174 Ham-Nord 174 Ham-Sud 176 Hartwell 177 Harvey. .. 177 Hatley. 177 Haûy 179 Hazeur . 180 Hébécourt 180 Holland 181 Holmes 182 Horton 183 Huddersfield 183 Inverness 183 Ireland 185 Isle-Dieu 186 Jérémie 188 Joannès ...... ,...... , 189 Joffre 191 Johan-Beetz ...... , 191 Joliette-80 ...... 192 Joly... ...... 193 Jonquiére ...... 193 Josselin ...... ,..... 193 Joutel 193 Kensington 194 Kingsey ... ...... 195 Kreighoff.. 196 Laas .. .. . 197 Labarre. .... 197 Laberge ...... 198 Labrecque ,...... 198 Lacorne . . ...... 199 La Dauversière ...... 199 La Gauchetiére. ,...... 200 Lamarck ...... 201 La Martiniére ...... ,...... 201 La Morandiére, ...... 201 LaMotte ....,...... ,....,...,...... 202 Lamy . ,...... ,...... ,...... 203 Landrienne, ...... , ,...... ,...... 203 Landry ...... 205 - XIV - Townships Page Langis 205 Langloiserie 205 Languedoc 206 La Pause . 206 La Potardiére 206 Lapparent. 207 La Reine 207 La Riviére 208 La Roche 208 La Ronciére 208 Lartigue 208 La Sarre 209 La Trappe 209 Launay 209 Laurin 210 Laverlochére 210 Leclercq 211 Leeds 212 Lemieux. 216 Lemoine 221 Lescure 221 Lespérance 222 Lesseps_ 222 Lesueur 223 Le Tac 224 Letondal 225 Leverrier 225 Lévy 226 Ligneris 229 Loranger 229 Louvicourt 229 Lozeau 234 Maddington. 234 Magog 234 Mailloux 234 Malartic 235 Mann 237 Manneville 237 Marin 237 Ma_low 238 Marries, 238 Marston 238 Martigny 239 _XV- Townships Page
Masham 239 Matane ...... • . • ...... 239 Matapédia ...... ...... • ...... • .... •..•.• ...... 239 McCorkill...... 240 McKenzie ...... 242 Mékinac 248 Melbourne 24S Meulande 252 Milnikek ...... •...... 252 Milton ...... •... ...... 252 Moisie ...... •...... 253 Monseignat. 2`,4 Montalembert ...... 254 Montanier...... 254 Montauban 254 Montbeilîard - 256 Montbray. 257 Montgay. 260 Montviel 260 Morris 260 Musquaro. 261 Natashquan. 261 Nédelec. 261 Nelligan 261 Nelson 261 Newport 262 New-Richmond 262 Northfield. 263 Nouvelle. 263 Noyon 263 Obalski 263 Onslow 267 Opémisca 268 Orford 268 O'Sullivan 272 Palmarolle. 272 Pambrun. 272 Panet 272 Paquet 273 Pascalis. 273 Perron 274 Pershing 275 Plessis...... •.. • . • ...... • ...... 276
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Townships Page Poirier 276 Ponsonby 277 Pontchartrain 277 Port-Daniel 277 Potton 278 Preissac 280 Privat 281 Proulx 282 Queylus :*tï Ragueneau 2h%= Rasles 26. Raudin 283 Richard 284 Risborough 284 Ristigouche 284 Robitaille 284 Rochebaucourt 2E4 Rocheblave 285 Rohault 285 Rolette 286 Ronieu 286 Roquemaure 287 Rouleau 287 Rousseau ...... 287 Rouyn 287 Roxton 297 Roy 298 Royal 305 Royal-Roussillon 205 Saint-Denis ...... 306 Sainte-Hélène .. 307 Scott 307 Senneterre. 309 Senneville 310 Shawinigan ...... 311 Shefford ...... 312 Shipton ...... _ 313 Simpson . .. 314 Somerset 315 Spalding 315 Stoke 315 Stratford 315 Stukely 317 - XVII - Townships Page
Subercase 324 Surimau 324 Sutton 325 Suzor 331 Talon 331 Tavernier 331 Tessier 332 Thetford 332 Tiblemont 333 Tingwick 335 Tonnancourt 336 Tourelle 336 Touzel 337 Trécesson 337 Tremblay, 338 Upton 339 Urban 340 Urfé 340 Valrennes 341 Vanier .. 341 Vassan 341 Vauquelin 342 Vezza 344 Vienne 344 Vignal 344 Villebon 345 Vondenvelden 345 Warwick 346 Weedon 346 Wendover 347 Whitton 348 Wickham 348 Windsor 350 Woburn 351 Wolf e st own 351 Woodbridge. 352 Wotton 352 York 354
- XVIII - Township No. Page 1125 354 1175 354 1209 355 1222 355 1223 355 1224 355 1225 356 1262 356 1275 356 1305 356 1308 357 1322 357 1323 357 1349 357 1362 358 1365 358 1374 358 1375 359 1409 360 1462 361 1465 361 1474 361 1475 362 1562 362 1563 362 1603 363 1631 363 1632 363 1732 363 1 763 363 1815 364 1832 364 1851 364 1916 364 1934 365 1971-72 365 2030 265 2032 365 2130 365 2131 366 2218 366 2219 366 2316 366 - XIX - Township No. Page 2656 366 4016 367 4059 367 4116 367 4717 367 5249 368 5745 368 5746 368 5845 368 5943 369 5944 369 5945 370 5946 370 5948 370 6012 370 6043 370 6044 371 6045 371 6046 371 6047 371 6143 372 6144 372 6343 372 6444 372 6913 373 7511 373 7612 373 7613 373 7715 374 7716 374 7818 374 7822 374 7920 375 7922 375 7925 375 7926 375 8026 • 276 8027 376 8028 376 8029 377 8031 377 8129 377 8130 378 Seigneuries Page
Berthier (en Bas) 378 Cap-aux-Diamants 378 Cap-de-la-Madeleine. 378 Côte de Beaupré 378 Dautré et Lanoraye 379 De Ramsay 379 Deschambault 379 Des Plaines 380 Gaspé 380 Gaudarville 380 Grand Pabos 380 Grondines-Ouest 381 Isles Mingan 381 Isle de Montréal 381 Lac Matapédia 381 Lauzon 382 Livaudiére 383 Matane 383 Mont-Louis 383 Nicolas-Rioux 384 Petite-Nation 384 Rigaud-Vaudreuil 384 St-Antoine-de-Tilly 385 St-Armand 385 St-Gilles-de-Beaurivage 386 St-Joseph 387 Ste-Marie 388 Appendix
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COPPER IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC
Compiled by G.W. Waddington
INTRODUCTION
Occurrences'of copper mineralization are widespread throughout the Province of Quebec.
The early records of the colony of New France refer to deposits of copper on the north shore of the Gulf of St. LaWrence which were granted bj, Louis XV to Jacques Cartier's nephew. These are believed to be the deposits of the Watshishou Harbour area in Johan-Beetz township. In 1841 W.E. Logan examined a copper prospect at Carbuncle Hill in Orford town- ship and in 1846 copper was discovered in Inverness township.
Some shipments of copper ore were made from lot 4, range II Inverness township,in 1848-51. `However, the first mines from which there was an appreciable sùstained output were the Harvey Hill and Acton mines, opened respectively in 1856 and 1858. During the period' l859-61 the Acton mine was reputed to be the largest producing copper mine in the world. The most' durable of the early producers was the Eustis mine, which was operated almost continuously from 1865 to 1939, producing upwards of 2,500,000 tons of ore. From 1928 to 1957 the Horne mine at Noranda was the most important producer in Quebec. The Gaspé Copper mine, in Holland township, now holds first place.
DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPOSITS
ACTON TOWNSHIP (72°35' - 45°40')
G.S.C.- Prog.Rep. 1963-66, P. 308 Q.D.C.L.- Min.. and Min. (1890), p.47 Ann. Rep. 1888-89, p. 36K Q.D.N.R.- S.72 (1963), p. 1 No. 882 (1904), p. 31. :..
Chalcocite and bornite occur in dolomite. 2 -
III - 32 (Acton Mine)
C.I.M.- Trans., v. 30, p. 200 No. 406 (1878), p. 19 v. 31, p. 83 No. 409 (1886), p. 41 C.M.I.- Jour., v. 5, p. 81 Ann. Rep. 1888-89, pp.30K,33K " v. 13, p. 270 " " 1899, p. 43S C.M.J.- v. 30, p. 68 No. 488 (1900) C.N.G.- v. 5, p. 349 No. 882 (1904), pp. 25, 28 v. 7, p. 447 No. 974 (1908), p. 13 v. 8 Q.D.C.L.- Ann. Rep. 1883, p. 93 C.M.B.- Sum. Rep. 1909, pp. 71-2 Min. and Min. (1890), p. 47 G.S.C._ Prog. Rep. 1858, pp. 55,223 Q.B.M.- Min. Que. (1899), p. 22 No. 398 (1862), p. 11 Bancroft (1915), pp. 60, 85 Prog. Rep. 1863, pp. 244, Q.D.M.- G.R. 20, v. 3, (1949), 515,711,713,735 pp. 384, 386, 391 Prog. Rep. 1863-66, p. 308 Q.D.N.R.- P.R. 496 (1963), p. 6 1877-78, p. 8A -S-- 72 (1963), p. 1
Operations at the Acton mine started in 1858, although the deposit had been discovered some years previously. During the period 1859-61, the mine produced 16,300 tons of 12% ore; it was reputed at that time to be the largest producing copper mine in the world. The ore came chiefly from three large masses, occurring within a length of 720 feet. The copper minerals - chalcopyrite, bornite, and lesser amounts of chalcocite - were found in, or adjacent to, brecciated portions of a bed of chert-bearing limestone.
IV 31 (Vale mine) G.S.C._ Rep. Prog. 1858, p. 223 G.S.C.- No. 882 (1904),p.31 Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 309 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p. 47 Ann. Rep. 1888-89, p. 36K Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1
Bornite occurs in dolomite:-• V- 32
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1858, pp. 55,223 G.S.C.- Ec. Geo. Series, No. 8 o • " • 1863, pp.690,717 (1930), p.137, " " 1863-66, p. 309 Q.D.M.- R.P.-371 (1958),. p. 2 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite. - 3 -
V - 33 to 35
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863, p. 717
Chalcopyrite has been found in limestone.
VI - 28 G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, P. 309 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite.
VI - 29 (White Horse mine) G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 309 G.S.C.-No. 882 (1904), p. 31 Ann. Rep. (1888-89), p.36K
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite.
VI - 30
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 309 D.Q.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite.
VII - 29 G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 309 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min.(1890), p.47
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite. VII - 37
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p..309 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47
Chalcopyrite occurs in spots in dolomite.
VII - 38
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1858, P. 55 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47 " " 1863, p. 244 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 1 1863-66, p. 309 - 4 -
Chalcocite, bornite and chalcopyrite are found in irregular masses running with the stratification of magnesian limestone.
VIII - 26
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 309 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 2 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47
Malachite occurs in black slate.
VIII - 27, 28
G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, P. 309 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 2
Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p.47
Chalcopyrite and bornite occur in dolomite.
AIGREMONT TOWNSHIP (73°55' - 49°15')
Aigremont Lake area
Q.D.M.- P.R. 317 (1955), p. 4
A quartz vein 3 to 20 feet thick in a shear zone in hornblende paragneiss contains some pyrite, malachite, and bornite. The. best sample from this vein contained 0.56% copper together with minor amounts of gold, silver, zinc, and nickel.
Normandin River Area
Q.D.M.- P.R. 317 (1955); p. 4
Some pyrite and copper stains were noted in a slightly mineralized quartz vein in hornblende paragneiss.at the head of the-long. rapid on Normandin river.
AIGUEBELLE TOWNSHIP (78°45' - 48°30')
I - 14 (Aiguebelle Goldfields Ltd.)
Q.D.M.- P.R. 227 (1949), p. 3 - 5 -
A diamond drill-hole intersected an acidic dike which contains disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite. Assays of the core ranged from a trace to 0.22 ounce of gold per ton.
AILLY TOWNSHIP (76°30' - 490401 )
Waswanipi River area
Q.D.M.- G.R. 58 (1953), p. 24
Spectrographic analysis of a sheared pegmatite collected at the big elbow of Waswanipi river revealed traces of manganese, copper, lead, vanadium, and gadolinium.
ALDFIELD TOWNSHIP (76°15' - 45°45')
I - 7
Q.D.N.R.- Archives
An altered, carbonatized, and silicified massive rock contains nodules, veinlets, and disseminations of pyrite, pyrrhotite, and widely scattered small crystals of chalcopyrite. A grab sample assayed 0.35% copper and 0.01% nickel.
II - 50, 51
Q.D.M.- P.R. 307 (1954), P. 7
Disseminated specks of sphalerite and chalcopyrite occur in a zone 3 feet wide on each side of a vein of massive sphalerite 1 foot wide in crystalline serpentinized limestone. A grab sample of the dissem- inated sulfides assayed 0.37% copper, 9.55% zinc, 0.001 ounce - of gold per ton and 0.030 ounce of silver per ton.
ANGOULEME TOWNSHIP (73°30' - 46°30'.)
Vison Lake area
Q.D.N.R.- P.R. 501 (1963), P. 9
Traces of chalcopyrite were seen in rusty-weathering. gneiss south of Vison lake. -6-
ANTOINE•TOWNSHIP (72°25' - 49°05')
Graphic Pond area
Q.D.M.- P.R. 429 (1960), p. 12
Pyrite and pyrrhotite, with very minor amounts of chalco- pyrite, occur in sheared anorthosite and quartzite which are included in - the monzonite country rock.
ASCOT TOWNSHIP (71°55' - 45°30')
II - 25 _ G.S.C.- Rep. Prog. 1863-66, p. 305 .Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 2 Q.D.C.L.- Min. and Min. (1890), p. 49
Chalcopyrite occurs in chloritic slate.
III - 20 (Aldermac Moulton Hill mine)
C.I.M.- Struc. Geol. Ore Deps. Q.D.M.- Min. Ind. 1947, p. 17 (1948) p. 902 " " 1950, pp. 14,16,18 Trans., v. 48, p. 367 G.R.20 (1949), v.3, pp.3855, C.M.J.- v. 65, p. 5 Q.D.M.- Min. Ind. 1942, p. 14 P.R. 330 (1956), p. lA p;2.._ _ " " 1943, p. 27 P.R. 371 (1958), " 1944, pp. 15,18 Q.D.N.R.- Min. Ind. 1960,-p. 17 . 1945, pp. 14,17 S-72 (1963), p. 2
The deposit was discovered in 1942 by the use of geophys- ical methods. The mineralized zone has been traced for a length of 600 feet and in places to a depth of 1,000 feet, the thickness varying from a few inches to several feet. It consists of irregular replacement masses, lenses or stringers of fine grained pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tennantite, with minor secondary chalcocite,-in a gangue of quartz, barite, and wall-rock fragments. It follows closely the contact between overlying white mica schists and underlying greenish chlorite schists.
The mine was operated during 1944-45. by Aldermac Copper Corporation Ltd.; production for this period was 75,643 tons containing 1.17% copper, 5.32% zinc, 1.89% lead, 0.077 ounce of gold per ton and 1.534 ounces of silver per ton.
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Ascot Metals Corporation 'operated the mine from 1950- to 1953, producing an average of 400 tons per day.
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Q.D.C.L.-.Min. and.Min. (1890), p. 49
Copper is reported.
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C.M.B.- No. 167 (1912), p. 58 ._. Ann. Rep. 1890, P. 73 G.S.C.- Ann. Rep. 1888-89,pp.50K,55K Min. and Min. (1890),pp.45,49 " " 1890-91, p.46A Q.B.M.- Bancroft (1915), pp. 80, 202 No. 882 (1904), pp. 46,52 Q.D.M.- G.R. 20 (1949), v. 3, p. 388 Q.D.C.L.- Ann. Rep. 1889, p. 92 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. ,2
An irregular body of practically solid pyrite, with minor chalcopyrite, was worked for its pyrite content. No copper was produced.
IV - 24 (Boudreau mine) Q.B.M.- Bancroft (1915), p. 207 Q.D.N.R.- S-72 (1963), p. 3 Q.D.M.- P.R. 371 (1958), p. 2
Disseminated grains of pyrite, together with a very few widely scattered grains of chalcopyrite and sphalerite, occur over a width of 6 or 7'feet in sericite schist.
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