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| Record Name(s) | McNugget (MN07-40) - 2007, Grid 3 - 2007 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2010-Oct-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | N Bennett |
| Revised By | Andrew Tims |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: BMA 526 863
Latitude: 52° 43' 18.12" Longitude: -86° 43' 48.11"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 518234 Northing: 5841347 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 43D10
Point Location Description: Point located with GPS during 2007 drill program.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The claim group is situated on the western fringe of the James Bay lowlands and is located about 40km east of the First Nations community of Webequie.
2004: MacDonald Mines flew a VTEM survey over to separate blocks covering 2065 line-km and 2280 lin-km respectively. Follow up drilling testing of EM targets consisted of of 6 DDH totaling 1 021 m. 2006: MacDonald carried out a 19 DDH program totalling 4 007 m. 2007: A 32 line-km ground was layed out with Mag, Max-Min and gravity surveys completed. An additional 17 DDH totalling 2 437 m were completed. 2008: MacDonald Mines Exploration Limited laid out 22 separate grids totalling 60.2 line-km. Magnetic and HLEM surveys were completed in the grids.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.35950 | 20000002735 | 20000002735 |
| 2.30442 | 20000000590 | 20000000590 |
| 2.41182 | 20000004094 | 20000004094 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Sachigo
Terrane: North Caribou
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Possible Cumulate | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Adjacent |
Aug 05, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a 60 m thick sequence of interbedded felsic and mafic metavolcanic rocks which overlie a 140 m thick gabbroic intrusive. The upper 33 m of gabbro are mineralized. The remainder of the gabbro is fine to coarse grained with occasional brecciated patches. DDH MN 07-40 intersected a 200 m thickness of alternating gabbro and quartz-feldspar porphyry.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 05, 2014 (N Bennett) - A 3 m section of core returned 0.17% Ni and 0.23% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stockwork |
Mono - Mineral Deposits of Northern Ontario, North of Latitude 49 30'
Publication Number: OFR6242 Scale: Date: 2009
Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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