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Record: MDI41I05SE00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ridge Showing - 2002, Alanen (North) - 1970, W. Alanen - 1970, Rastall-Alanen - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1979-Dec-10
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-31
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel, Cobalt

Secondary Commodities: Platinum



Location

Township or Area: Nairn

Latitude: 46° 18' 43.78"    Longitude: -81° 35' 18.37"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 454693   Northing: 5128899.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I05SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

Pre- 1969: pitting, trenching. 1969: Cairnglen Explorations Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 1970: W. Alanen - trenching. 1976: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - DD-3-381 ft 1977: W. Alanen - DD-3-309 ft. 1981: W. Alanen - DD-5-224 ft. 1982: E. G. Crick - DD-4-420 ft. 2002-03: Mustang Minerals Ltd. and Goldwright Exploration Inc. - mapping, trenching, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Nairn 0012C1 41I05SE0038 41I05SE0038
Nairn 0021 D1 41I05SE0141 41I05SE0141
Nairn 13B1 41I05SE0025 41I05SE0025
2.24401, Nairn SP003 41I05SE2013 41I05SE2013
2.25636, Nairn SP004 41I05SE2015 41I05SE2015
Nairn 0012-B1 41I05SE0037 41I05SE0037
Nairn 0012-E1 41I05SE0024 41I05SE0024
Nairn 0017-A1 41I05SE0100 41I05SE0100

Geology

Province: Southern

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Sheared Host
Conglomerate 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 22, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from the site by Mustang Minerals returned values up to 2.49% Cu+Ni, 0.12% Co and 271 ppb PGM



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Nairn and Lorne townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2062 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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File - Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit File Nairn Township

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1996

Author:

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MonoMap - Geology of Nairn and Lorne townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R035 Date: 1997

Author: Ginn R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Folio - Nairn Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF256 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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