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Record: MDI41H16NE00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caribou Lake Nickel - 1900, Hays - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Platinum



Location

Township or Area: McConkey

Latitude: 45° 56' 28.01"    Longitude: -80° 5' 1.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 571032   Northing: 5087913    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41H16NE

Point Location Description: General, LOT: 8-21 CONC: 1-6

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1899-1900: sampling by Ontario Department of Mines




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Norite 1 Norite Contains

Lithology Comments

Nov 18, 2008 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by the Ontario Department of Mines in 1899-1900 returned an assay of 1.55% Cu, 1.20% Ni and 1oz Pt from a shallow pit. A duplicate sample collected from the bottom of the pit by Coleman returned 0.37% Ni, $1.40 gold.




Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Copper and iron regions of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV09.008 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Coleman A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Part - Copper in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV08-02.008 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Coleman A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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