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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hollinger Mines Ltd Hole TH1-2-72 - 1972
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Jan-24
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Thorburn

Latitude: 48° 47' 18.65"    Longitude: -81° 36' .35"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 455921.999   Northing: 5404120.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12NE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965 - Allied Pitch-Ore Mines Ltd.: EM (T-0997). 1966 - Mespi Mines Ltd.: DD - 17 - 8902ft (T-0741, Hole 18 only), Mespi Mines Ltd.: EM (T-0741). 1967 - Mespi Mines Ltd.: EM (T-0836). 1972 - Hollinger Mines Ltd: DD-2-1200ft, Assays (T-0560). 1981 - Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd: DD - 6 - 725m (T-1929). 1990 - Noranda Exploration: EM, Mag (T-3236). 2007 - Sedex Mining Corp.: AEM, AMAG (T-5825).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0741, 63.1327 42A13SE0096 42A13SE0096
T-0741 / 63.2056 42A13SE0099 42A13SE0099
T-0741 / 63.2150 42A13SE0090 42A13SE0090
T-0836 / 63.2107 42A13SE0048 42A13SE0048
T-0997 / 63.1488 42A13SE0052 42A13SE0052
T-3236 42A13SE0138 42A13SE0138
T-5825 20000003737 20000003737
T-0560, 2.251 42A13SE0382 42A13SE0382
63.2150, T-0741 42A13SE0090 42A13SE0090
2.623, T-0560 42A13SE0086 42A13SE0086
19, T-0560 42A13SE0056 42A13SE0056
20, T-0560 42A13SE0154 42A13SE0154

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Serpentinite 1 Serpentinized Host
Wacke 2 Carbonatized Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangueDisseminated
AnkeriteAlterationCarbonatization1MediumDisseminated
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization2Medium

Mineralization Comments

Jan 24, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Drillhole TH1-2-72 intersected a serpentinized-carbonatized peridotite, with weak sulphides, which returned values of Ni above 800ppm 8 times over 15 samples (T-0560, DDS). The exact length of intersection for each sample is unspecified.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-1929

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Thorburn Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0754 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1972

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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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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MonoMap - Geological Setting of Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization in the Kamiskotia Area: Discover Abitibi Initiative

Publication Number: OFR6155 Date: 2005

Author: Hathway B., Hudak G., Hamilton M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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