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Record Name(s) | Falconbridge Ltd DDH MCD32-02 - 1999 |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2010-Dec-17 |
Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: MacDiarmid
Latitude: 48° 39' 49.31" Longitude: -81° 33' 15.72"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 459179.997 Northing: 5390220.001 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). 1996 - Falconbridge Ltd: DD - 3 - 705m, Assays (T-3152). 1998 - Falconbridge Ltd: EM, Mag (T-4085). 1999 - Falconbridge Ltd: DD - 5 - 1214m, Assays, EM, Mag (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-906 / 63.1385 | 42A12NE0837 | 42A12NE0837 |
T-1275 / 63.2590 | 42A12NE0554 | 42A12NE0554 |
T-3152 / 2.17636 | 42A12NE0074 | 42A12NE0074 |
T-4085 / 2.19006 | 42A12NE2005 | 42A12NE2005 |
T-4571 / 2.21032 | 42A12NE2031 | 42A12NE2031 |
T-5796 / 2.39807 | 20000003600 | 20000003600 |
T-0560, 2.251 | 42A13SE0382 | 42A13SE0382 |
2.929, T-0560 | 42A11NW0630 | 42A11NW0630 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Serpentinite | 1 | Serpentinized | Foliated | Host |
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Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Silicified | Near |
Dec 17, 2010 (P Bousquet) - The drill hole MCD32-02 (az57, dip60) intersected a serpentinized dunite crosscutted by a felsic dyke. Assays from the dunite demonstrate anomalous amount of nickel, although no sulphide was perceived. There are concentrations of magnetite however.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | Disseminated | |||
Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Medium |
File - Resident Geologist file T-907
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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.
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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
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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
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