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Record: MDI000000000690

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sedex DDH Sds-08-13 - 2008
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Aug-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Sothman

Latitude: 47° 54' 36.19"    Longitude: -81° 14' 23.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 482083   Northing: 5306331    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 41P14NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

2007-08: SEDEX Mining Corp. - airborne geophysics, DD-1-400m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5634 20000002662 20000002662
T-5828 20000003886 20000003886

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate flow breccia 1 Brecciated Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 25, 2009 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of heterogeneous debris flow breccia containing komatiitic fragments. The unit contains numerous graphitic horizons containing pyrite and pyrrhotite blebs. Localized pyrrhotite and pyrite veins are found throughout the unit. The drill hole terminated in a 66 m thick graphitic zone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 25, 2009 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from core returned an assay of 6070 ppm Ni and 2968 ppm Cu. A 1 m interval between 125 and 126 m returned 87 ppm Ni, 313 ppm Cu and 3176 ppm Zn.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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