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| Record Name(s) | Queenston Claim 42728 - 1959 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2007-Jul-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Bartlett
Latitude: 48° 7' 2.2" Longitude: -81° 12' 56.97"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 483936.998 Northing: 5329358 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03SW
Point Location Description: outcrop on western boundary of claim 42728 on map in T-520
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1957: Queenston Gold Mines: mapping, ground geophysics, sampling. 1974: Granges Exploration Canada - airborne geophysics 1976-77: The Hanna Mining Company - geochemistry. 1989-90: Timmins Nickel Inc. - airborne geophysics. 1995: Outokumpu Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, DD, mapping, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.335, T-0520 | 42A03SE8461 | 42A03SE8461 |
| T-1643 | 41P14NE0216 | 41P14NE0216 |
| T-3408 | 42A03NE0050 | 42A03NE0050 |
| T-3726 | 42A03NE0005 | 42A03NE0005 |
| 11, T-0520 | 42A03SE0014 | 42A03SE0014 |
| 63A.351, T-0520 | 42A03NE0095 | 42A03NE0095 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Komatiite | Host |
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Jul 10, 2007 (A Wilson) - Elevated nickel values were returned from a mineralized fracture in mafic metavolcanic rocks. A diamond drill hole in the vicinity of the grab sample intersected a sequence of komatiitic flows
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 10, 2007 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from a sulphide rich mafic metavolcanic rock returned an assay of 0.56% Ni. Outokumpu's drill hole BA2-95 returned anomalous nickel values up to 0.2169% Ni
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Komatiite-hosted |
File - Resident Geologist files T-3841, T-4077, T-4960, T-4961
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Geological series, Bartlett Township, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0745 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R161 Page: 43 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Bartlett and Geikie townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2364 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1976
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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