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| Record Name(s) | Inco DH 25027 - 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
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Township or Area: Nesbitt
Latitude: 48° 54' 51.79" Longitude: -81° 24' 30.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470067 Northing: 5418018.998 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) 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 | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Contains |
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| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | 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 | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | ||||
| Asbestos | Alteration | 2 |
Jul 12, 2006 (D Draper) - Hole drilled to 855ft, bearing north, dipping -45 deg. Elevated nickel assays (0.08% - 0.32% Ni) were obtained throughout a serpentinized peridotite zone mineralized with pyrrhotite and asbestos seams, extending from 166ft to end of hole; best assay 0.43% Ni over 15ft. Additional assay results: 0.23% Ni, 0.18% Zn over 2.7ft @ 120ft downhole, in metasediments showing 12% sulphides (unspecified); 0.18% Cu over 4.3ft @ 597ft, in peridotite
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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