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Record: MDI000000000433

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Daxl-Gryba Cu-Ni Zone - 2004
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2008-Jan-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Titanium

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Vanadium



Location

Township or Area: Robb

Latitude: 48° 32' 32.28"    Longitude: -81° 36' 5.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455602   Northing: 5376752.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SE

Point Location Description: Sample coordinates as given in AF T-5092

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Access to the property is via Highway 101 West 8.3 km from Timmins city center and then northwestwards along Highway 576 for 16.8 km to the Robb and Jamieson Township boundary. Additional access is by a walking trail south from the highway to the Copper - Nickel showing.



Exploration History

Mid-1940's, Mining Corp. of Canada: Mapping (T-311) 1963, Mespi Mines Limited: Airborne geophysics (T-843) 1987, Aslan Exploration/Development Ltd.: Summary report (T-3130) 2004, Daxl and Gryba: Prospecting, sampling (grab), assays, ground geophysics (T-5092) 2005-2006, Claim Post Resources Inc.: Ground geophysics (T-5428)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0843 / 63.1310 42B05SW0106 42B05SW0106
T-3130 / 2.10627 42A12SE0184 42A12SE0184
T-5092 / 2.28860 42A12SE2024 42A12SE2024
T-5428 / 2.33081 20000001613 20000001613

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 08, 2016 (D Draper) - Daxl_Gryba sampling returned values ranging from 0.284% to 0.645%copper, 1523 ppm to 4448 ppm nickel and 115 to 332 ppm cobalt with elevated values of 3945 ppm to 8729 ppm titanium and 40 ppm to 73 ppm vanadium. (T-5092)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-0311

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmings RGP office


Map - Geological series, Robb Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0694 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Robb and Jamieson townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GPR01 Date: 1998

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Robb and Jamieson townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2255 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1973

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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