Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI000000002066
Record Name(s) | Sample 16JW830A - 2016, Station 16JW830 - 2016 |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2017-Mar-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | A Wilson |
Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Copenace
Latitude: 48° 14' 9.77" Longitude: -84° 1' 14.79"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 721210 Northing: 5346828 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
Point Location Description: Shore outcrop located on the eastern end of Pickle Lake.
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The site is a shore outcrop located on the eastern end of Pickle Lake. It can be reached by taking ATV trails to south western shore of Pickle Lake and travelling by boat to location.
2016: OGS-sampling
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Massive | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 02, 2017 (A Wilson) - No visible mineralization in sample aside from magnetite. Nickel occurs both as very fine-grained pentlandite disseminated in serpentinized rock and as some of the nickel is in silicates. The nickel assayed up to 3003 ppm.
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