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Record: MDI000000000783

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W.D. 16 Property - 1968
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 2010-Apr-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Wisner

Latitude: 46° 45' 17.73"    Longitude: -81° 2' 18.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 497051.998   Northing: 5177931.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I11NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1968-71 - Inco Limited: exploration, underground diamond drilling. The deposit is accessed via the North Range Property shaft. 1996: Falconbridge conducted IP and HLEM surveys. 1999: Wallbridge acquired the property. 2000: Wallbridge carried out sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.20816 41I14SE2003 41I14SE2003
2.16607, Wisner-SP011 41I14SE0019 41I14SE0019

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Sudbury Structure

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Hanging Wall
Norite 2 Norite Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The Sudbury Igneous Complex has been divided into three geographical areas termed the North, South, and East Range. The WD 16 property lies in the North Range adjacent to the Wisner embayment.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
W. D. 16 1969 Unclassified 226796 Assessment File 2.20816 205,000 tons @2.22% Ni-Cu

References

Map - Sudbury mining area, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2170 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1969

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, Capreol area, western part, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P2377 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Muir T.L., Rebic Z., Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Capreol area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: OFR5344 Date: 1981

Author: Muir T.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Technical report on the Minrral resource estimate for the Broken Hammer Deposit, Ontario, 110p

Publication Number: Date: 2005

Author: D. W. Rennie

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Location:


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