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Record: MDI41I09NW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Racicot sample 2566 - 1994, Kelly-Davis Property - Zone 1 - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Palladium



Location

Township or Area: Kelly

Latitude: 46° 42' 55.45"    Longitude: -80° 26' 29.93"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 542673.998   Northing: 5173690.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I09NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1969: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Ltd. - airborne MAG & EM surveys. 1988-1989: BP Resources - MAG & VLF_EM surveys, sampling. 1994-95: F Racicot - prospecting, sampling, stripping. 1999-2000: Pacific Northwest Capital Corp. - prospecting, sampling, ground geophysics, 12 drill holes.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Kelly-SP005 41I09NW0009 41I09NW0009
Kelly-SP016 41I09NW2021 41I09NW2021
Kelly-SP012 41I09NW2017 41I09NW2017
Kelly-SP014 41I09NW2023 41I09NW2023
Kelly-SP015 41I09NW2022 41I09NW2022
Dana-0011 41I16SW0020 41I16SW0020
Falconbridge-SP003 41I14NE0203 41I14NE0203

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Mar 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - Mineralization occurs within 100m of the lower-gabbro-sedimentary contact and is hosted within medium-grained, hypersthene-bearing gabbro.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 26, 2010 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by F. Racicot returned Cu values ranging from 1676 ppm to 9960 ppm and Ni values ranging from 572 ppm to 3472 ppm. Palladium values ranged from 403 ppb to 2433 ppb Pa. Grab samples collected by Pacific North West in 1999 assayed up to 3.3 g/t PGM, 0.26% Cu and 0.10% Ni. Diamond drill holes completed by Pacific North West Capital in 1999 returned values up to 0.49% Cu, 0.33% Ni and 4.83 g/t PGM over 3.6 m in DK99-02. The sulphide minerals occur as blebs and disseminations.



Mineral Record Details

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

References

Map - Kelly and Davis townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2037 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Thomson J.E., Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Kelly and Davis townships

Publication Number: R015 Date: 1997

Author: Thomson J.E., Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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