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Record: MDI000000000224

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ontex Sample 65255 - 2002
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2006-Dec-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Deloro

Latitude: 48° 23' .34"    Longitude: -81° 15' 25.76"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 480959.997   Northing: 5358950.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Approximate location of outcrop sample 65255.

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1947, Porcupine Southgate Mines: Geological mapping (T-108) 1983, Comstate Resources Ltd.: Airborne geophysical surveys (T-2505) 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



Lithology

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 29, 2006 (D Draper) - Samples taken from 2 outcrops of ultramafic intrusive returned nickel values of 2730 ppm (sample #65255) and 2590 ppm (sample #65254). Magnetite seams and limonite were noted in the sampled outcrops. (T-4955)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0108

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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