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Record: MDI000000001479

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fletcher Nickel Sample 1337069 - 2008, Whitmarsh Property - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Aug-27
Date Last Modified 2023-Jan-09
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: McArthur

Latitude: 48° 12' 9.19"    Longitude: -81° 14' 2.31"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 482615   Northing: 5338840    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NE

Point Location Description: Precise, UTM coord of sample

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1966: Acme Gas and Oil Company Limited – airborne geophysics (T-1273) 1969-73, 1980-82: B. Whitmarsh – stripping, trenching; sampling, assays by OGS (T-616) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics (T-2416) 1990-93: BHP Minerals Ltd. -ground geophysics, geology, geochemistry (T-3480) 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-3480 / 2.14524 42A03NE0014 42A03NE0014
T-3480 / 2.15008 42A03NE8838 42A03NE8838
T-1273 / 63.1899 42A03NE0020 42A03NE0020
T-2416 / 2.4291 42A06SW0507 42A06SW0507
T-5929 / 2.41745 20000004211 20000004211
T-0616 / W7306-00211 42A03NE5029 42A03NE5029
T-0616 / W8006-00278 42A03NE5016 42A03NE5016
T-0616 / W8106-00417 42A03NE5015 42A03NE5015
T-0616 / W7006-00159 42A03NE5040 42A03NE5040
T-0616 / W7106-00163 42A03NE5039 42A03NE5039
T-0616 / W7206-00227 42A03NE5032 42A03NE5032

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 0.24% Ni. (T-5929) Two samples collected from Whitmarsh claim 100427 (exact location on site unknown) by the Timmins Resident Geologist in 1982 both returned 0.01 opt Au. (T-616)



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

Location:


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

Publication Number: R161 Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2006

Publication Number: OFR6192 Page: 6.1-6.14  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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