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Record: MDI000000000222

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ontex Sample 65449 - 2002
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2006-Dec-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-07
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 23' 24.96"    Longitude: -81° 15' 23.94"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 481000   Northing: 5359710    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Approximate location of outcrop sample #65449

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1947, Porcupine Southgate Mines: Geological mapping (T-108) 1983, Comstate Resources Ltd.: Airborne geophysical surveys (T-2505) 1986, Falconbridge Ltd.: 2 drillholes on next claim west of Ontex sample site (T-3062) 1995, Outokumpu Mines Ltd.: Ground geophysical surveys (T-3658) 1997, Outokumpu Mines Ltd.: Reverse circulation drilling (T-3658) 2002-2003, Ontex Resources Ltd: Geology, surface sampling and assays (T-4955); magnetometer survey (T-4966)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2505 / 2.5739 42A06NE8405 42A06NE8405
T-3658 / 2.16268 42A06NE0026 42A06NE0026
T-3658 / 2.17802 42A06NE0124 42A06NE0124
T-4955 / 2.26984 42A06NE2037 42A06NE2037
T-4966 / 2.26871 42A06NE2036 42A06NE2036
T-3062, 30 42A06NW0127 42A06NW0127



Lithology

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 29, 2006 (D Draper) - Sample 65449, of an outcrop approximately 100m north of road, assayed 2340 ppm nickel. Five other outcrop samples in the vicinity returned from 1670 ppm to 2160 ppm Ni. Four samples taken from outcrop on the south side of the road assayed 1760 ppm to 2320 ppm Ni. All sample locations mapped as ultramafic intrusive. Chromite seams, magnesite, magnetite and limonite were noted as occurring in various outrcrop locations, but no sulphides were indicated. (T-4955)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist office T-0108

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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