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Record Name(s) | Inco DH 25023 - 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: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Nesbitt
Latitude: 48° 54' 22.73" Longitude: -81° 24' 32.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470021.999 Northing: 5417122.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14NW
Point Location Description: Precise: Collar of DH
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Road access provided via Hwy 655 from Timmins which runs N-S through east-central Nesbitt Twp. and then west on secondary gravel roads.
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) 1970, McIntyre: Stripping, ground EM and mag; 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 | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Contains | ||
Peridotite | 3 | Peridotite | 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 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | ||||
Chlorite | Alteration | Chloritic | 2 |
Jul 13, 2006 (D Draper) - Hole drilled to 249ft, bearing south, dipping -45deg. Assay results: 1.03% Cu & 0.42% Ni over 0.8ft @ 296ft downhole in intermediate metavolcanics mineralized with po, minor cpy; 0.14% Ni over 2.8ft @ 135ft, intermediate metavolcanics mineralized with 4% sulphides (po, py, cp) in stringers, patches Hole 25028, drilled to north of 25023, bearing south, dipping -45 deg, assayed 0.30% Cu, 0.16% Ni over 10ft @ 390ft in mafic metavolcanics. Elevated Ni assays (0.09 - 0.28%) were also obtained throughout a serpentinized, chloritized peridotite zone mineralized with po and asbestos seams from 382ft - 647.5ft. (AF T-3215)
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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