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Record: MDI000000001291

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Noranda Ossin 1-84 - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Sep-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By P Bousquet
Revised By Sheree Hinz

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Ossin

Latitude: 48° 33' 54.76"    Longitude: -82° 33' 55.21"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 384516   Northing: 5380307    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B10

Point Location Description: Drill collar in former claim 792824

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1984 - Noranda Exploration: DD - 2 - 312m, Assays (T-2926)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-2926 42B10SE0003 42B10SE0003

Geology

Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Graphitic, Siliceous Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Intermediate, Garnetiferous Porphyroblastic Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangueDisseminated
2GraphiteEconomicGangueDisseminated

Mineralization Comments

Sep 16, 2011 (P Bousquet) - Hole 1-84 intersected fine grained disseminated pyrrhotite and graphite in coarsely recystallized siliceous matrix with possible sphalerite which returned assays with anomalous values in copper (0.034%), zinc (0.02%) and nickel (0.012%) (T-2926).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Elsas sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0271 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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