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Record: MDI000000000918

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	McNugget DDH MN07-55 - 2007, Butler Property - 2010
Related Record Type
Record Status	Occurrence
Date Created	2010-Nov-01
Date Last Modified	2022-Jan-05
Created By	N Bennett
Revised By	Therese Pettigrew

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper

Location

Township or Area: BMA 526 863

Latitude: 52° 43' 16.02" Longitude: -86° 43' 20.89"

UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 518745 Northing: 5841284.01 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 43D10

Point Location Description: Drill collar for DDH MN07-55

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 40 kms east of the First Nations community of Webequie.

Exploration History

2004: MacDonald Mines commissioned a VTEM helicopter geophysical survey and drilled 8 DDH totalling 1021 m on the McNugget (later called Butler) property. 2006: McDonald Mines drilled 19 DDH on the McNugget property. 2007: MacDonald Mines drilled 10 DDH totalling 1723 m. 2010: MacDonald Mines drilled 55 DDH, including 2 in this target totalling 391.15 m. 2016: MacDonald Mines transferred 75% interest to Noront Resources.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
2.30442	20000000590	20000000590
2.47360	20000006132	20000006132
2.35950	20000002735	20000002735

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Sachigo

Terrane: North Caribou

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided	1			Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type
1	Pyrite	Economic	Ore
2	Pentlandite	Economic	Ore
3	Chalcopyrite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Nov 01, 2010 (N Bennett) - Drill hole MN07-55 intersected mineralization yielding assays of: From 36.5m to 39.5m (3m) = 0.19% Cu, 0.11% Ni, 0.12 g/t Au and 1.0 g/t Ag. From 65.0m to 71.0m (6m) = 0.21% Ni including 0.45% Ni from 66.5m to 68.0m (1.5). Also from 83.0m to 87.5m (4.5) = 0.14% Cu.

Jun 06, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - DDH MN10-120 assayed 1.01% Cu from 34-38 m (AFRI 20000006132).

Mineral Record Details

Classification
Rank	Classification
1	Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion

Characteristics
Rank	Characteristic
1	Disseminated

References

Publication - MacDonald Mines new release: February 21, 2008.

Publication Number: Scale: Date: 2010

Author:

Publisher Name: Macdonald Mines

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

Publication Number: P3598-REV Scale: 1:500,000 Date: 2008

Author: Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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