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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000000180

Record: MDI000000000180

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Ontex Sample 65265 - 2002
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	2006-Dec-13
Date Last Modified	2022-Nov-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 24' 42.98" Longitude: -81° 15' 40.38"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 480670.002 Northing: 5362119.995 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Approximate location of surface sample 65265, NE of DH FY-02-08

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Exploration History

Claim P.19962 (west of and adjoining Faymar minesite claim): 1937, Nakhodas Mining Co.: Geology, diamond drilling (T-349) 1950, Asbestos Corp. of Canada: Geophysics, diamond drilling (T-349) 2000, Ontex Resources Limited: Geophysical surveys (T-4599) 2002 - 2003, Ontex Resources Limited: Compilation, geology, sampling, assays (T-4955); geophysical surveys (T-4966)

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
T-349 / 63.3629	42A06NE0465	42A06NE0465
T-4599 / 2.21018	42A06NE2022	42A06NE2022
T-4955 / 2.26984	42A06NE2037	42A06NE2037
T-4966 / 2.26871	42A06NE2036	42A06NE2036

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided	1			Contains

Mineralization Comments

Dec 13, 2006 (D Draper) - Sample (#65265) of outcrop approximately 240m W and 390m N of DH FY-02-08 returned 2020 ppm Ni from ultramafic intrusive (peridotite or dunite). Twelve other samples of outcrop within 120m of this location assayed greater than 1500ppm Ni.

Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-349

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Location: Timmins RGP office

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