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| Record Name(s) | Inco DH 25024 - 1964 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2006-Jul-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Gold
Township or Area: Nesbitt
Latitude: 48° 55' 4.86" Longitude: -81° 24' 33.27"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470018.003 Northing: 5418422.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14NW
Point Location Description: Precise: Collar of DH
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1963-1966, Inco options properties in 10 twps from Abitibi Price (Abitibi-Canico JV) 1963-1964, Inco: Amag, AEM (T-3529, 63.4838) 1964-1966, Inco: Ground Mag, EM 1964-1965, Inco: Drilling, assays (T-3215) 1965-1971, McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd.: 10-township option agreement with Abitibi Power and Paper Company, Limited 1965, McIntyre: Stream sediment geochemistry (T-3842; 63.4838) 1969-1970, McIntyre: 6-township compilation report (T-4472; T-3535, 63.4828) 1971: Properties returned to Abitibi-Price 1980-1981, Hudbay Mining JV with Abitibi Price 1980, Hudbay Mining: Amag, AEM 1981, Hudbay Mining: Ground EM surveys 1983, Chevron Canada Resources: Amag, AEM (T-3566, 63.4819) 1983-1985, Chevron: Regional compilation (T-3539, T-3529)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3535 / 63.4828 | 42A14NW0010 | 42A14NW0010 |
| T-3566 / 63.4816 | 42A14NW0011 | 42A14NW0011 |
| T-3842 / 63.4838 | 42A14SE0106 | 42A14SE0106 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Contains | |
| Quartz Arenite | 3 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | ||||
| Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 |
Jul 13, 2006 (D Draper) - Hole 25024 drilled to 1288ft, bearing south, dipping -45 deg. Assay results: 0.022opt Au over 3.1ft @ 189.6ft downshole in metasediments mineralized with po, py. Elevated nickel assays (0.09 - 0.28% Ni) obtained throughout the serpentinite/peridotite zone from 244 - 770ft with minor sulphides (po, cp) and asbestos seams; best assay 0.32% Ni over 15ft @ 369ft in sheared chloritic peridotite. DH 25022, collared immediately north of 25024, bearing south, dipping -55 deg, assayed 0.08% Ni over10ft in metasediments with disseminated & stringer po, py @ 58ft downhole. DH 25026, collared 300m northeast of 25024/25022, bearing north, dipping -50, assayed 0.13% Ni over 5ft in quartzite @ 242.6ft downhole.
File - Resident Geologist files T-3215, T-3529, T-3539, T-4472
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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