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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge Ltd GY31-04 - 1990, Falconbridge Ltd GY31-05 - 1990
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Feb-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Geary

Latitude: 48° 49' 42.25"    Longitude: -81° 43' 10.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 447189.999   Northing: 5408629.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A13SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965 - Mespi Mines Ltd.: AEM, AMAG (T-0956). 1966 - Mespi Mines Ltd.: EM, Mag (T-0956), DD - 2 - 1156ft (T-0956). 1981 - Gulf Minerals Canada Limited: DD - 2 - 248m (T-2367). 1988 - Falconbridge Ltd: EM, Mag (T-3206) 1990 - Falconbridge Ltd: DD - 4 - 849m, Assays (T-3206). 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-0956 / 63.1347 42A13SE0038 42A13SE0038
T-0956 / 63.1969 42A13SE0032 42A13SE0032
T-2367 42A13SE0013 42A13SE0013
T-3206, 19 42A13SE0007 42A13SE0007
T-3206, 2.11458 42A13SE0011 42A13SE0011
T-5825 20000003737 20000003737
20, T-3206 42A13SE0008 42A13SE0008
22, T-3206 42A13SE0002 42A13SE0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Chloritic Spinifex Host
Chert 2 Ankeritic Sugary Adjacent
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 3 Chloritic Sheared Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
AnkeriteAlterationCarbonatization1Weak
ChloriteAlterationChloritic2Medium

Mineralization Comments

Feb 07, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Holes GY31-04 and GY31-05 have both intersected komatiites which got assays (4) of 1190 to 1900 ppm Ni (T-3206).



Mineral Record Details

References

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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Mono - Helicopter geological survey of Wilhelmina, Geary, Moberly, and Thorburn townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: PR1965-01 Date: 1998

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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

Publication Number: P0739 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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