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Record: MDI000000001536

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Strathy Basin Mines Property - 1935, E.L. MacVeigh Property - 1967, Claim T54343 - 1968
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2012-Nov-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-20
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Strathy

Latitude: 47° 6' 13.73"    Longitude: -79° 49' 46.82"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 588802   Northing: 5217365    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake

NTS Grid: 31M04SW

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1934-35: Strathy Basin Mines Limited - ground geophysics, trenching, mapping. 1966: E. L. MacVeigh - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
CO-2049 / 63A.514 31M04NW0017 31M04NW0017
CO-2049 / 63.2341 31M04NW0015 31M04NW0015

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Temagami

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 29, 2012 (A Wilson) - Two narrow northward trending felsite dikes occupy a fractured zone in mafic metavolcanic rocks. The fractured zone is heavily mineralized with pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Nov 29, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by E.L. MacVeigh in 1964 returned 0.37% Ni.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files CO-2076

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Location: Kirkland Lake RGP office


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 210  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Chambers and Strathy townships, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2323 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Bennett G., Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Part - Northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area

Publication Number: ARV51-06 Page: 38  Date: 1998

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - The northeastern portion of the Timagami Lake area, District of Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51E Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Moorhouse W.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Part of Strathy Township

Publication Number: ARV44-07.004 Page: 55-56  Date: 1997

Author: Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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