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| Record Name(s) | Sudbury Contact B - 1992 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2008-Nov-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Tannahill
Latitude: 48° 26' 43.85" Longitude: -79° 39' 54.17"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 598720.003 Northing: 5366680.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 32D05NE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole B92-1 on map KL-3228-3 in assessment file KL-3228.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: South of the Magusi River in northeast Tannahill Township.
1992: Sudbury Contact Mines Ltd. staked 15 claim groups in the Blake River Group. The properties were mapped, prospected, lines were cut and groud geophysics was completed. A 117.1 m diamond drill hole was completed on an isolated lenticular magnetic anomaly. The drill hole intersected massive gabbro with minor sections of pyroxenite. Strong pyrrhotite mineralization was intersected. Ni assays between 1300 and 2800 ppb were encountered between 71.3 and 82.4 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| KL-3228, W9380.00304, 18 | 32D05NE0060 | 32D05NE0060 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Blake River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Pyrrhotite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | Coarse Grained | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Map - Tannahill and Dokis townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2367 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Thackeray, Elliott, Tannahill, and Dokis townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R165 Date: 1978
Author: Jensen L.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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