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Record: MDI41I05NE00060

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mustang Minerals Sample 88519 - 2002, Keba Property - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-29
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Platinum Metals



Location

Township or Area: Nairn

Latitude: 46° 21' 48.06"    Longitude: -81° 39' 36.2"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 449225.999   Northing: 5134631.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I05NE

Point Location Description: sample location

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Starting on highway 17 at junction of highway 6 (Espanola turnoff) highway 17 drive east 1.8km to McKerrow. Turn north onto Sand Bay road drive 8.5km north to Agnew Lake (Sand Bay). Continue along Agnew Lake by boat 7.2km north-eastward to shallow creek mouth. Land and walk 0.7km westsouthwest to east end of prominent outcrop ridge.



Exploration History

1929: Spanish Basin Mines Syndicate. 1954-58: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited - trenching, sampling, ground geophysics, 2 drill holes. 1955: J. White - 5 drill holes 1955: Arcadia Nickel Corp. - 2 drill holes 1970: Sundun Mining Co. Ltd. - 3 drill holes 1974: Consolidated Morrison Exploration Ltd. - airborne MAG & radiometric 1976: Amax Exploration Incorporated - DD-8-2840. 1999: D. Patrie - IP survey 1999-2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. - mapping, sampling, ground geophysics, prospecting, DD-3, 2006-2008: Trelawney Resources Inc. - 5 drill holes


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Hyman-SP003 41I05NE2006 41I05NE2006
Hyman-0027 41I05SE0003 41I05SE0003
Hyman-SP007 41I05SE2018 41I05SE2018
Hyman-SP008 41I05SE2019 41I05SE2019
Hyman-SP009 41I05SE2022 41I05SE2022
Hyman-0014-B1 41I05NE0051 41I05NE0051
Joubin-0034 42C02SE1210 42C02SE1210
Hyman-SP006 41I05SE2014 41I05SE2014
Hyman-SP002 41I05SE2004 41I05SE2004
Hyman-SP017 20000003381 20000003381
Hyman-0018-B1 41I05NE0059 41I05NE0059
Nairn-0011-C1 41I05SE0039 41I05SE0039
Nairn-0010-C1 41I05SE0042 41I05SE0042
Nairn-0010-B1 41I05SE0045 41I05SE0045

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The property consists of numerous sulphide showings associated with a northeast trending norite-rich gabbro sill. The sill strikes a distance of 4.5 km.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PentlanditeEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The showing is described as a discrete sulphide horizon of erratic disseminated to semi-massive sulphides. A grab sample collected by E. S. Moore in 1929 returned 0.68% Ni, and nil Au. Grab samples collected by Mustang Minerals returned values up to >1.00% Cu+Ni, 0.04% Co and 420 ppb PGM. The best assays from Mustang's 2003 diamond drilling program returned 0.11% Ni, 0.16% Cu, 1.14 g/t gold, 43 ppb Pt and 77 ppb Pt.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Hyman Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: P0133 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Hyman and Drury townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2055 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Ore deposits near the north shore of Lake Huron

Publication Number: ARV38-07.001 Page: 33-35  Date: 1998

Author: Moore E.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Hyman Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF282 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Hyman and Drury townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R034 Page: 31  Date: 1997

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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