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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge Ltd BEL34-1 - 1994 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Belford
Latitude: 48° 38' 20.21" Longitude: -82° 20' 12.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 401511 Northing: 5388183 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B09NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1957-58: McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping. 1965-66: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - ground geophysics, 7 ddh (3096 ft). Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - Comp. 1974: Phelps-Dodge Corp. - 1 ddh (450 ft.). 1991: Placer Dome Inc. - ground geophysics. 1994: Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, 3 ddh (591 m).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-476 / 63A.345 | 42B09NW0011 | 42B09NW0011 |
| T-872 / | 42B09NW0016 | 42B09NW0016 |
| T-872 / 63.1412 | 42B09NW0009 | 42B09NW0009 |
| T-1632 / | 42B09NW0017 | 42B09NW0017 |
| T-3448 / 2.14084 | 42B09NE0002 | 42B09NE0002 |
| T-3642 / 2.15499 | 42B09NE0019 | 42B09NE0019 |
| T-3642 / W9460-00156 | 42B09NW0005 | 42B09NW0005 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Belford-Montcalm
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2702+/-2 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300 P. 6
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Talc-Carbonate | Foliated | Host |
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| Claystone | 2 | Graphitic | Laminated | Adjacent |
Aug 12, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The upper part of the drill hole intersected an ultramafic intrusive from which the samples are derived from. The rock has seen average to strong talc-carbonate alteration. Below, there is a sequence of graphitic argillite showing laminations and turbidite with grain-size fining uphole.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Graphite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Talc | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 12, 2014 (P Bousquet) - Drill hole BEL34-1 intersected a 40 metres section of ultramafics. Within that section, three samples were taken. They returned assays of 1855, 1860 and 1625 ppm Ni (T-3642).
File - Resident Geologist file T-1044
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Location: Timmins RGP office
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Belford-Strachan area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R078 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Belford and Montcalm townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2181 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:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R300 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Belford Township
Publication Number: M2640 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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Location:
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