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Record: MDI41I09NW00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Janes - 1982, Sargesson Lake Property - 1999, P.C.E. Exploration - 1982, Pan Central - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Nov-05
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Platinum



Location

Township or Area: Janes

Latitude: 46° 41' 20.51"    Longitude: -80° 19' 36.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 551473.255   Northing: 5170828.179    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I09NW

Point Location Description: Shaft

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

ASSAYS: 0.08 - 0.80% CU, 0.07 - 0.74% NI, GOLD ASSAYS: 0.18 OZ/TON (6.2g/t) AU OVER 2.7' (0.8m) INTERVAL IN CARBONATIZED ZONE IN HOLE #8, MINERALIZATION: DISSEM. SULPH. IN QTZ DIORITE and GABBRO ALONG 1400'NE ZONE. QRTZTE CONTACT 100' N. 1964: H. Barry - trenches and pits 1965: P.C.E. Explorations Ltd. - 5 drill holes 1968: P.C.E. Explorations Ltd. - 3 drill holes. 1968: Foster Lake Mines Ltd. - ground MAG and VLF/EM surveys 1969: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Ltd. - airborne MAG & EM survey 1997: F. Racicot - sampling 1999: Pacific Northwest Capital Corp. - prospecting, sampling, mapping, 6 drill holes 2016: R. Stewart & B. Wright: reconnaissance mapping, prospecting, sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Janes-0018 41I09NW1206 41I09NW1206
Janes-0011 41I09NW0214 41I09NW0214
Janes-SP017 41I09NW2010 41I09NW2010
Dana-0011 41I16SW0020 41I16SW0020
Janes-SP021 41I09NW2024 41I09NW2024
Janes-SP011 41I09NW2003 41I09NW2003
Janes-SP040 20000014435 20000014435

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 27, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Mineralized zone is 420m1(400 feet) long, hosted in the gabbro within 30m (100 feet) of the quartzite contact to the north. Best assays from drilling: 0.74% Ni, 0.11% Cu, 6.2g/t (0.18 t-oz/ton) Au over 0.8m (2.7 ft). Best assay average: 0.77% Cu, 0.28% Ni, 1.2g/t (0.035 t-oz/ton) Au over 4.6m (15 ft).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
1 Magmatic
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Concordant
1 Disseminated

References

Map - McNish and Janes townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2425 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1979

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


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

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 251  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of McNish and Janes townships, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R191 Page: 71-72  Date: 1979

Author: Dressler B.O.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Janes Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF354 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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