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Record: MDI000000000953

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Comaplex Channel Sampling 7 - 2008
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2010-Dec-02
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Mountjoy

Latitude: 48° 30' 9.39"    Longitude: -81° 24' 56.33"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 469297.003   Northing: 5372249.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NW

Point Location Description: Outcrop area channel sampled 2008

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Sandy Falls Rd.



Exploration History

1940: Central Mountjoy: DD, GL, EM (T-0027). 1965-1966 Hollinger C.G.M.L.: DD, Mag (T-0833). 1974 Kerr Addison Mines Ltd: DD, Assays, Mag, OVD (T-1650). 1983-1984 Grand Saguenay Mines: DD, HLEM, IP, Assays, Samp (T-2882). 1996 Comstate Resources: GC (T-2359). 1997 Comstate Resources: GC, Mag (T-2526). 2007 Comaplex Minerals: Tr, Samp, Assays (T-5530). 2008 Comaplex Minerals: Assays, Samp (T-6050)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0833 / 63.1965 42A11SW0311 42A11SW0311
T-1650, 2.1689 42A11SW0307 42A11SW0307
T-2526 / 2.17969 42A11SW2003 42A11SW2003
T-2359 / 2.16720 42A11SW0138 42A11SW0138
T-2882 / 63.4553 42A11SW0316 42A11SW0316
T-5530 / 2.35208 20000002208 20000002208
T-6050 / 2.42618 20000000311 20000000311
11, T-1650 42A11SW0310 42A11SW0310

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Carbonatized Spinifex Host
Vein 2 Quartz-Carbonate Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ArsenopyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
2PyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
AnkeriteAlterationCarbonatization1Strong
FuchsiteAlterationSericitization2Weak

Mineralization Comments

Dec 02, 2010 (P Bousquet) - The best assays returned 1730 ppm Ni over 0.37m ft and 1800 ppm Ni over 0.51m in komatiite accompanied with quartz-carbonate veins and disseminated sulphides (T-6050).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-0027

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Mountjoy Township

Publication Number: P0022 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Ferguson S.A., Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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