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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) First Nickel DDH FNB031 - 2009 - 2009
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Jul-19
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum



Location

Township or Area: Raglan

Latitude: 45° 13' 42.76"    Longitude: -77° 24' 31.83"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 310903.002   Northing: 5011162    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F03NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

2007- Melkior Resources Inc. sampling, prospecting, trenching 2008-09: 2008-2010: First Nickel Inc. and Pacific North West Capital Corp. -mapping, prospecting, ground geophysics, DD-3, DGp


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Raglan File 36 20000005788 20000005788
Raglan File 31 20000003847 20000003847
Raglan File 35 20000006064 20000006064

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Marble Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Granite Footwall
Diorite 3 Diorite Hanging Wall

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 1.3 m section of drill core returned 0.21% Ni, 0.31% Cu. DDH FNB030, drilled to the north, returned 0.001% Ni and 0.040% Cu over 1.5 m and DDH FNB032 drilled to the south returned 0.02% Ni, and 0.01% Cu over 1m. Drill hole FNB032 also returned 1200 ppm Mo from a marble unit.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist File Raglan 34

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Location: Tweed RGP office


Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario

Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions, Base-Metal Sulphides, and Platinum Group Element Potential of the Grenville Province in Southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5880 Page: 86  Date: 1994

Author: Wilson G.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Denbigh Area

Publication Number: P3437 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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