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| Record Name(s) | Arcadia South Showing - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Neelon
Latitude: 46° 29' 46.16" Longitude: -80° 49' 57.21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 512849.053 Northing: 5149189.87 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I07NE
Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence at surface symbol (Map, GDIF065)
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The Arcadia Nickel occurrence is located in the north half of lot 2, concession 4, Neelon Township, approximately 300 metres east of the Garson-Coniston Road, 1 kilometre north of the Highway 17 and Garson-Coniston intersection. (Google Earth, 2007)
1996: PIT LOCATIONS: TWO PITS ARE SHOWN ON A MAG SURVEY MAP DONE BY ARCADIA NICKEL , AFRO 0012-A1.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| NEELON-0012-A1 | 41I10SW0045 | 41I10SW0045 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Jul 07, 2009 (D Scholtz) - Two copper and nickel deposits in Nipissing diabase near the northern boundary of the map-area in Neelon Township are described as follows: A small nickel-copper occurrence in the southeast quarter in the north half of lot 2, concession IV, Neelon Township was explored by Arcadia Nickel Corporation Limited in 1956. One short drillhole was put down and cut 3.1 metres of core that averaged 0.56 percent copper and 0.54 percent nickel. A test pit in the northwest quarter of the north half of lot l, concession III also shows a little nickel-copper mineralization. (R116, p. 126)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Noritic Quartz Gabbro, Amphibolitic Equivalents | Host |
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Jul 07, 2009 (D Scholtz) - Nipissing Mafic Intrusive Suite: noritic quartz gabbro and amphibolitic equivalents. (OF4570, GSC, 2005)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated | |||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | Disseminated |
Map - Broder, Dill, Neelon and Dryden townships, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: M2017 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Phemister T.C., MacGregor I.D., Grant J.A., Pearson W.J., Thomson J.E., Bowie G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Broder, Dill, Neelon, and Dryden Townships and Kyanite Occurrences in Dryden Township
Publication Number: R009 Page: 22 Date: 1962
Author: Grant J.A., Pearson W.J., Phemister T.C., Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Neelon Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF065 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geology, Sudbury bedrock compilation, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 4570 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2005
Author: Ames, D E; Davidson, A; Buckle, J L; Card, K D
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/221501
MonoMap - Geology of the Burwash area, districts of Nipissisng, Parry Sound, and Sudbury
Publication Number: R116 Page: 129 Date: 1975
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Folio - Neelon Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF065 Page: 3 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Mines Library, Sudbury; Geology Ontario
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