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Record: MDI000000001002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. (DDH 49716-0) - 1971
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Jan-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-06
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Misiwaweya Lake Area

Latitude: 53° 34' 23.59"    Longitude: -91° 0' 55.7"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 631403.997   Northing: 5937871.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Red Lake

NTS Grid: 53G10SW

Point Location Description: Point located in 1971 by Canadian Nickel Co Ltd. Taken of assessment file map.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access by helicopter



Exploration History

Part of a 4 drill hole program conducted by Canadian Nickle Company Ltd in 1971.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 53G11SE0002 53G11SE0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Breccia-unsubdivided 1 Sulphide Matrix 55% Po, Py And 8% Cpy Host
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite Amphibole Qtz Schist Adjacent
Monzonite 3 Near
Peridotite 4 Peridotite Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 26, 2011 (N Bennett) - 8% Cpy is reported from 100.0 to 100.8 feet. There are numerous other accounts of Cpy occurring in the drill hole in lesser amounts but all within breccias that are contained within schist zones. Monzonite is the main unit encountered with periodite accounting for the first 77 feet of the hole. No assay results available.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unknown
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Breccia

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