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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge Ltd DDH MCD42-04 - 1997 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2010-Dec-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: MacDiarmid
Latitude: 48° 40' 52.38" Longitude: -81° 34' 5.27"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 458180.997 Northing: 5392175.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A12NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1964 - Mistango River Mines Ltd: EM, Mag (T-906). 1964 - North Rankin Nickel Mines Ltd: EM, Mag (T-907). 1965 - North Rankin Nickel Mines Ltd: DD (T-907). 1969 - Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd: DD, EM, Mag (T-1275). 1971 - Hollinger Mines Ltd: AEM, AMag (T-560). 1987 - 1988 - Kidd Creek Mines/Falconbridge Ltd: EM, Mag (T-3152). 1998 - Falconbridge Ltd: EM, Mag (T-4085). 1999 - Prospectors Alliance Corporation: Comp (T-4516). 1999 - Falconbridge Ltd: EM, Mag, DD, Assays (T-4571). 2007 - Golden Chalice Resources Inc.: AEM, AMag (T-5796)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1275 / 63.2590 | 42A12NE0554 | 42A12NE0554 |
| T-3152 / 2.10774 | 42A12NE0509 | 42A12NE0509 |
| T-0907, 63.1492 | 42A12NE0762 | 42A12NE0762 |
| T-906 / 63.1385 | 42A12NE0837 | 42A12NE0837 |
| T-4085 / 2.19006 | 42A12NE2005 | 42A12NE2005 |
| T-0560, 2.251 | 42A13SE0382 | 42A13SE0382 |
| T-4571 / 2.21032 | 42A12NE2031 | 42A12NE2031 |
| T-5796 / 2.39807 | 20000003600 | 20000003600 |
| 63.1517, T-0907 | 42A12NE0563 | 42A12NE0563 |
| 22, T-0907 | 42A12NE0538 | 42A12NE0538 |
| 2.846, T-0560 | 42A12NE0550 | 42A12NE0550 |
| 2.929, T-0560 | 42A11NW0630 | 42A11NW0630 |
| 33, T-0560 | 42A12NE0536 | 42A12NE0536 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Claystone | 1 | Graphitic | Brecciated | Host |
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| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Spinifiex | Host | |
| Mafic flow breccia | 3 | Graphitic | Brecciated | Host |
| Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 4 | Spinifex | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| Ankerite | Alteration | Carbonatization | 1 | Weak | Veins | ||
| Quartz | Alteration | Silicification | 2 | Medium | Veins |
Dec 16, 2010 (P Bousquet) - The drill hole MCD42-04 (az 186, dip 51) intersected graphitic argillite which returned assay of 1750 ppm Ni (133.00m to 134.50m), komatiite which returned assays of 1640 ppm Ni (148.0m to 149.50ft) and mafic to ultramafic volcanics which returned assays of 7920ppm Zn and 1000 ppm Ni (159.25m to 160.25m).
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.
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Map - Loveland and Macdiarmid townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2288 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Loveland and Macdiarmid townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GPR02 Date: 1998
Author: Middleton R.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Part - Geology of the Robb-Jamieson area
Publication Number: ARV53-04.001 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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