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Record: MDI000000000655

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Laurion DH BI-07-01 - 2007
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Apr-17
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Palladium

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Enid

Latitude: 48° 32' 31.87"    Longitude: -81° 52' 10.74"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 435811.001   Northing: 5376929.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12SW

Point Location Description: Precise: UTM Collar coords of drillhole BI-07-01

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: To the west of Timmins, just west of the Tembec sawmill, an all-weather gravel road proceeds northwest from Hwy 101. This gravel road, commonly known as Mallette Road or Montcalm Mine Road, traverses Laurion's Enid-Massey property from kilometer 31 to kilometer 44. Laurion's drill sites were within 1 km of Mallette Road, or were near Winter Lake Road which proceeds north from kilometer 20 of Mallette Road. (T-5606)



Exploration History

1992: R. Hopson - Prospecting 2006-2007: Laurion Minerals Exploration - Airborne geophysics; ground geophysics; drilling, assays


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5489 / 2.33945 20000001902 20000001902
T-5702 / 2.38068 20000003397 20000003397
T-5798 / 2.39952 20000003687 20000003687

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Contains
Granite 2 Granite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Apr 17, 2009 (D Draper) - Drillhole cut a complex mixture of hybrid rocks with granitic and aplitic dykes cutting gabbro and minor amounts of mafic volcanics. (AF T-5702)




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 17, 2009 (D Draper) - Best assays from hole BI-07-01 were 0.5m of 1060ppm Ni with 1610ppm Cu, and 0.3m of 3250ppm Ni with 480ppb Pd. (Note: grade units are assumed; some discrepency in units shown in logs and report in T-5702)



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3650 (OP92-171)

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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