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| Record Name(s) | MATHU Ni-Cu Discovery - 2015, MT-GRAB2015-14 - 2015 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2022-Jan-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt
Township or Area: Groves
Latitude: 47° 37' 29.72" Longitude: -81° 36' 33.99"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 454210 Northing: 5274793 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P12
Point Location Description: Grab sample MT-GRAB2015-14 from 20000015429
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Travel approximately 20km west of Timmins on highway 101. Proceed an additional 120km south on highway 144 until reaching highway 560 (Watershed). Continue an additional 24km east on highway 560 until reaching Little Londonderry Road. From this point travel 19km north to northwest along Little Londonderry Road until reaching the Northern Sun drill trail. An all-terrain vehicle is required for the remaining 10km to reach the center of the property.
1985: Blue Falcon Mines Ltd. carried out airborne geophysics including magnetometer and VLFEM. 2008: Liberty Mines Inc. completed airborne geophysics including magnetometer and electromagnetics. 2013: Liberty Mines Inc. carried out line-cutting and ground geophysics (magnetometer, VLFEM). 2015-2016: Northern Sun Mining Corp. completed prospecting, manual trenching, sampling, line cutting and Beep Mat 8 surveying work. 2016-2017: Northern Sun Mining Corp. completed 7 diamond drill holes totaling 1,506m, line-cutting, ground geophysics (IP), and downhole geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.58277 / W1760.02027 | 20000015429 | 20000015429 |
| T-6985 / 2.57464 | 20000013784 | 20000013784 |
| T-3020 / 2.8566 | 41P12SE0507 | 41P12SE0507 |
| T-6028 / 2.42478 | 20000004214 | 20000004214 |
| 2.53873 / W1360.01028 | 20000008437 | 20000008437 |
| T-6927 / 2.56691 | 20000014360 | 20000014360 |
| T-6981 / 2.57446 | 20000015463 | 20000015463 |
| T-6982 / 2.57447 | 20000013781 | 20000013781 |
Province: Superior
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Diabase | 3 | Dyke | Near |
Jan 13, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - Volcanic packages in the area range from mafic to intermediate volcanics. Both felsic and mafic intrusives were noted typically ranging from porphyries, diorite, diabase and gabbros. Diabase dykes appear to strike northwest. Several faults were noted within some of the deeper drill holes at the MATHU Project.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 13, 2022 (Sheree Hinz) - A Beep Mat 8 survey led to the discovery of MATHU showing as over 20 conductors were located and several of them trenched. Anomalous Au, Ag, Co, Pd, and Pt values have been noted within surface sampling. At discovery, the MATHU showing consists of two gossanous approximately 1-meter wide lenses of sulphides less than a meter apart. The sulphides strike approximately 126/306 degrees. Near surface the sulphides are heavily weathered and gossanous. Main sulphide minerals appear to be pentlandite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite. In samples low in sulphide content, trace amounts of chalcopyrite have weathered to bornite color. In addition, in seams low in sulphide content, dendritic flakes or smudges of native copper were also noted. Grab sample MT-GRAB2015-14 contained 2.65% Ni, 0.847% Cu, 0.061% Co, 0.18g/t Pt, 0.23g/t Pd, 0.16 g/t Au. The 2016 drill program targeted the MATHU showing, and two holes targeted directly underneath/down dip of the showing. GM-16-02 intercepted 3.37 meters (from 81.93m to 85.30m) of 1.3% Ni and 1.57% Cu approximately 60 meters below surface. GM-16-03 intercepted 2.84 meters (from 115.30m to 118.14m) of 0.93% Ni and 1.45% Cu and 1.5 meters (from 121.5m to 123.00m) of 0.34% Ni and 0.45% Cu approximately 100 meters below surface. GM-16-04 and GM-16-05 targeted along strike of the MATHU Showing approximately 70 meters northwest of GM-16-02, GM-16-03. GM-16-04 intercepted 5.4 meters (from 72.6m to 78.0m) of 0.9% Ni and 0.63% Cu approximately 50 meters below surface. The Ni-Cu sulphides encountered during drilling appear to be fracture-filling ranging from semi-massive to net textured, to stringer sulphides. Mineralization was intercepted to an approximate depth of 100 meters directly under the MATHU Showing and remains open at depth.
Map - Precambrian Geology, South of Gogama Area
Publication Number: P3762 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2012
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Data - Geology, Petrography, Geochemistry and Photographs of the South of Gogama Area
Publication Number: MRD292 Scale: Date: 2012
Author: Berger B.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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