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Record: MDI000000000692

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Northern Shield DDH 07HB-04 - 2007, Highbank Lake Property - 2006
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2009-Aug-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Chromium



Location

Township or Area: BMA 523 861

Latitude: 52° 17' 32.32"    Longitude: -86° 14' 12.26"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 552056   Northing: 5793825    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43D08SE

Point Location Description: GPS co-ordinates of 07HB-04

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

2003-07: Northern Shield Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, GC, airborne geophysics, DD-1-211.4 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.26473 43D08NE2001 43D08NE2001
2.29233 20000000665 20000000665
2.31051 20000000970 20000000970
2.38876 20000003464 20000003464

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Domain: Oxford-Stull

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Adjacent
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 13, 2014 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of diorite, gabbro and granitic pegmatites. A variety of tonalite, granodiorite and granites were intersected in this hole as well. Mafic, more gabbroic sections were also present in this hole and were thought to potentially represent dikes of the Fishtrap Lake intrusion




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 28, 2009 (A Wilson) - Individual assays of 4050 ppm Cu, 811 ppm Ni, 0.08% Cr2O3, were returned from the drill core.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Layered

References

Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-South Sheet

Publication Number: P3599-REV Scale: 1:500,000    Date: 2009

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Publication - Press releases Northern Shield Resources Inc.

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2007

Author: Northern Shield Resources Inc.

Publisher Name:


Publication - Report on Diamond Drilling, Highbank Lake Property, Northern Ontario.

Publication Number: NI 43-101 Scale:     Date: 2007

Author: C. Vaillancourt and I. Bliss

Publisher Name:


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