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| Record Name(s) | Max Property - 2003 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2014-Jul-30 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Platinum, Palladium, Chromium
Township or Area: Oxtoby Lake Area
Latitude: 51° 45' 40.03" Longitude: -86° 43' 50.51"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 518586 Northing: 5734504 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 42M15SE
Point Location Description: DDH 08MX-02 collar location from Assessment file 20000006727
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible by floatplane and helicopter in the summer and by snow mobile in the winter. The site is located 175 km north of the town of Nakina.
2008: Northern Shield Resources Ltd. staked the property, and conducted an airborne geophysical survey, till sampling, petrography, and drilled 6 DDH totalling 3026.1 m. 2010: Northern Shield and Discovery Harbour carried out surface and borehole geophysics, and drilled 3 DDH totalling 721.9 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.42409 | 20000004167 | 20000004167 |
| 2.45532 | 20000006727 | 20000006727 |
| 2.57503 | 20000013560 | 20000013560 |
| 2.51306 | 20000008133 | 20000008133 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Miminiska-Fort Hope
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Harzburgite | 1 | Harzburgite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyroxenite | 2 | Pyroxenite | Host | |
| Gabbronorite | 3 | Melagabbronorite | Host | |
| Porphyry-unsubdivided | 4 | Mafic To Intermediate | Near |
Jan 29, 2019 (A Wilson) - The peridotitic rocks are locally cut by anastomosing arrays of magnetite and serpentine veins. The ultramafic sequence is cut by numerous fine-grained mafic dikes. Drill holes 01, 02, 05 and 06 also intersected the host mafic metavolcanic rocks at surface.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Cr2O3 values for DDH 08MX02, DDH 08MX03, DDH 08MX05 and 08MX06 returned values ranging from 0.29% to 0.4% (1640 ppm to 2430 ppm). Ni values for the same drill holes returned values ranging from 1530-2750 ppm. Pt and Pd values for the same holes ranged from <0.005 to 0.02 ppm Pt and 0.016 to 0.031 ppm Pd.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-West Sheet
Publication Number: P3597-REV Scale: 1:500,000 Date: 2008
Author: Stott G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Precambrian Geology of the Hudson Bay and James Bay Lowlands Region Interpreted from Aeromagnetic Data-East Sheet
Publication Number: P3598-REV Scale: 1:500,000 Date: 2008
Author: Stott G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Mineral Deposits of Northern Ontario, North of Latitude 49 30'
Publication Number: OFR6242 Scale: Date: 2009
Author: Stott G.M., Josey S.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Publication - Technical Report on the Exploration of the Wabassi, Wabassi North and Max Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions., 54 p.
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Scale: Date: 2010
Author: C. Vaillancourt and I. Bliss
Publisher Name: Northern Shield Resources Ltd.
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