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| Record Name(s) | Teck DDH MAC97-24 - 1997 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Nova
Latitude: 48° 34' 25.47" Longitude: -82° 16' .18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 406562 Northing: 5380847 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B09SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the site is uncertain. It is possible to cross the Groundhog River from the Montcalm Road in Strachan Township, then go west 10 kilometres at a fork on the road. The hole is located two kilometres west past the fork on the road.
1956: C. C. Huston and Associates - ground geophysics. 1965-66: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1991 – 1997: Outokumpu Mines Inc. – Comp. 1995-97: Teck Exploration Ltd. - EM, DD – 18 – 3966m, Assays. 1997: Teck Exploration Ltd. – DD – 13 – 3398m, Assays. 2004 – 2005: Falconbridge Ltd.- AEM, AMag. 2005: Pacific North West Capital Corp. – GL, GC, Assays, Pr, Samp. 2008: Xstrata Nickel Ltd. – EM.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-629 / 63.778 | 42B09SW0008 | 42B09SW0008 |
| T-1174 / 63.1683 | 42B09NE0016 | 42B09NE0016 |
| T-1174 / 42B09SE0004 | 20000005054 | 20000005054 |
| T-3741 / 2.17524 | 42B09NE0023 | 42B09NE0023 |
| T-3741 / 2.16381 | 42B09NE0020 | 42B09NE0020 |
| T-4027 / 2.18734 | 42B09NE2001 | 42B09NE2001 |
| T-5151 / 2.29770 | 20000000376 | 20000000376 |
| T-5305 / 2.31856 | 20000001245 | 20000001245 |
| T-5346 / 2.32280 | 20000001342 | 20000001342 |
| T-5358 / 2.32058 | 20000001295 | 20000001295 |
| T-5892 / 2.41334 | 20000003910 | 20000003910 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Belford-Montcalm
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2702 +/- 2 Ma Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamprophyre-Unsubdivided | 2 | Porphyritic | Adjacent |
Jul 30, 2014 (P Bousquet) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of coarse-grained, strongly magnetic peridotite. The intrusive is altered to serpentine-talc-magnetite-chlorite and carbonate. It is intersected by brown cm-scale lamprophyre dykes
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 30, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The assay intersections are spread throughout the drill hole, varying from 1 to 3 metres in apparent thickness. The peridotite returned assays from 1080 to 1570 ppm Ni (T-4027).
File - Resident Geologist file T-5423
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Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Groundhog-Kamiskotia area, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM40C Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Graham A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Map - Nova and Strachan townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2182 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Nova Township
Publication Number: M2642 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R300 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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