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Record: MDI000000001697

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shell Canada DDH 7608-78-1 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Mar-31
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-15
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Silver, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Guilfoyle

Latitude: 49° 46' 28.22"    Longitude: -82° 17' 53.1"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 406537   Northing: 5514368.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G09NW

Point Location Description: drill collar for Shell Canada DD 7608-78-1

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1978: Shell Canada Resources – DD-1-111.56 m


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Feldspar Biotite Host

Lithology Comments

Apr 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - The massive sulphides are coarse-grained, and contain irregular blebs of quartz, plagioclase, chlorite, and minor garnet.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 10, 2014 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.02% Ni, 0.04 oz/t Ag, 0.01% Zn and 0.02% Cu over 1.33 m. The non-mineralized zones often contain up to 10% sulphides. Five narrow zones of massive sulphides were intersected in this drill hole.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Massive

References

File - Resident Geologist file T-3103

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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