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Record: MDI000000001475

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fletcher Sample 1337059 - 2008
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Aug-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By D Draper
Revised By D Draper

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: McArthur

Latitude: 48° 13' 32.21"    Longitude: -81° 16' 26.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 479655   Northing: 5341413    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NW

Point Location Description: Precise, UTM coord of sample by company

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1952-53: Dominion Gulf Co. - geology, ground geophysics (T-526) 1957-1960: Paymaster Consolidated Mines – mapping, airborne and ground geophysics (T-526) 1966: Acme Gas and Oil Company Limited – airborne geophysics (T-1273) 1973: Abitibi Asbestos Mining Company Limited – ground geophysics (T-1609) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics (T-2416) 1990-93: BHP Minerals Ltd. - ground geophysics, geology, geochemistry (T-3480) 2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. – airborne geophysics (T-5088) 2008: Fletcher Nickel Inc. – mapping, sampling, assays (T-5929)


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1273 / 63.1899 42A03NE0020 42A03NE0020
T-2416 / 2.4291 42A06SW0507 42A06SW0507
T-3480 / 2.14524 42A03NE0014 42A03NE0014
T-3480 / 2.15008 42A03NE8838 42A03NE8838
T-5088 / 2.29089 42A03NE2010 42A03NE2010
T-0526 / 63.240 42A03NW0021 42A03NW0021
T-0526 / 63.1071 42A03NE0044 42A03NE0044
T-1609 / 2.1342 42A03NW0017 42A03NW0017
T-5929 / 2.41745 20000004211 20000004211

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Host

Mineralization Comments

Aug 27, 2012 (D Draper) - Surface grab sample of unmineralized peridotite assayed 0.23% Ni. (T-5929)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Precambrian Geology of McArthur Township

Publication Number: P3583 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2007

Author: Houlé M.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R161 Scale:     Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2006

Publication Number: OFR6192 Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Baker C.L., Debicki E.J., Kelly R.I., Rowell D.J., Mason J.K., Ayer J.A., Easton R.M., Stott G.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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