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Record: MDI000000002241

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rykala Resources Inc. DDH BY-09-04 - 2009
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2018-Dec-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Byers

Latitude: 48° 41' 5.62"    Longitude: -81° 44' 2.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 445968   Northing: 5392688    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by travelling north from Timmins via a series of logging roads.



Exploration History

2005: Consolidated Big Valley Resources Inc. – Airborne survey, DD, Assays. 2007-2008: D. Lalonde – Induced polarization survey. 2007-2009: Amador Gold Corp. – DD – 33 – 9353 m, Assays. 2009: Rykala Resources Inc. – DD – 5 – 1019 m, Assays. 2013-2014: International Prospectors and Developers Inc. – Comp.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-5254 / 2.30384 20000000860 20000000860
T-5620 / 2.36833 20000002626 20000002626
T-5866 / 2.40918 20000004020 20000004020
T-5949 / 2.42060 20000000167 20000000167
T-6785 / 2.55335 20000014214 20000014214
T-6788 / 2.55277 20000014215 20000014215

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Salt And Pepper Host
Porphyry-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 04, 2018 (P Bousquet) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of medium-grained gabbro/diorite underlying a mauve felsic porphyry. Minor chloritic alteration was observed in the drill hole (T-5866).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 04, 2018 (P Bousquet) - Hole BY-09-04 intersected a zone of disseminated to blebby sulphides in a gabbro. The interval of 222.8 to 228.1 m (5.3 m) has a weighed grade of 2633.6 ppm Cu and 2345.7 ppm Ni (T-5866).



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0139 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M., Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Timmins data series, Byers Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0838 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1973

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-302  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


Map - Airborne Magnetic and Electromagnetic Surveys, Residual Magnetic Field and Electromagnetic Anomalies, Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: M81756 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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