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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inco DH 27083 - 1966
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2006-Jul-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Nesbitt

Latitude: 48° 54' 5.46"    Longitude: -81° 26' 11.72"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 468003.997   Northing: 5416599.996    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.



Exploration History

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 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) 1991, Rio Algom Exploration Inc.: Whole rock analysis of donated core (DCL TI3007); reverse circulation drilling, petrographic analysis on claim to north of occurrence


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3535 / 63.4828 42A14NW0010 42A14NW0010
T-3566 / 63.4816 42A14NW0011 42A14NW0011



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization1

Mineralization Comments

Jul 12, 2006 (D Draper) - Hole drilled to 1649ft, bearing north, dipping -50 deg. Elevated nickel assays (from 0.16% to 0.39% Ni over 15-foot sample intervals) were obtained from 780ft -1300ft downhole throughout both a serpentinized peridotite and a talcose, serpentinized ultramafic zone mineralized with po, py (T-3215)



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Drill Core Library File TI3007

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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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