Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Nickel Lake Zone - 2004, Nickel Lake - 1969, Foy Offset Property - 1969 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Sep-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Bowell
Latitude: 46° 44' 27.74" Longitude: -81° 7' 57.94"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 489857.999 Northing: 5176396.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11NE
Point Location Description: Test pit.
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1948-62: Inco Limited - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, diamond drilling. 2000-2004: Aurora Platinum Corp. - DD, mapping, ground geophysics. 2005-2008: FNX Mining Company - property acquisition, DD
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diorite | 1 | Inclusion Rich | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | Sudbury Breccia | Host | |
| Norite | 2 | Norite | Adjacent |
Apr 30, 2010 (A Wilson) - The intersection of the Foy Offset with the SIC is characterized by a Sublayer-filled embayment that is host to Vale Inco's near-surface WD-150 and WD-155 Ni deposits.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 30, 2010 (A Wilson) - Sulphide mineralization in the Foy Offset Dyke occurs as pods, lenses and veins of massive and semi-massive sulphide. The sulphide mineral assemblage is dominated by pyrrhotite, with less common pentlandite and chalcopyrite in localized areas. The Wisner Zone is a one kilometer segment of the Foy Offset Dyke with anomalous sulphide mineralization visible in outcrop, primarily on the hangingwall side of the offset dyke. The Crazy Creek zone consists of stringers and blebs of chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and pyrite within metabreccia and is exposed at surface in a stripped outcrop. Sulphide mineralization observed to date on the large North Range Footwall Property is restricted to fine disseminations of pyrite within gneiss, diabase, and (rarely) Sudbury Breccia. A grab sample collected by T. Muir in 1980 returned 1.21% Ni, 1.42% Cu.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Nickel Lake Zone | 2006 | Measured + Indicated Resource | 725747 | FNX Mining Company, Technical Report on Mineral Properties in the Sudbury Basin, an update to December 31, 2008, 163p. | 800,000 tons of 1.17% Ni and 0.57% Cu Measured and Indicated mineral resource category | Copper .57 %, Nickel 1.17 % |
| Nickel Lake Zone | 2006 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 1415208 | FNX Mining Company, Technical Report on Mineral Properties in the Sudbury Basin, an update to December 31, 2008, 163p. | 1.56 million tons @ 0.94% and 0.46% Cu | Copper .46 %, Nickel .94 % |
Map - Kitchener and Bowell townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2134 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1969
Author: Card K.D., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury data series, Bowell Township, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2473 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Adlington R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Leinster-Bowell area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R065 Page: 34 Date: 1969
Author: Card K.D., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Morgan Lake-Nelson Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: OFR5426 Page: 170 Date: 1983
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Bowell Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF442 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Technical Report on Mineral Properties in the Sudbury Basin, an update to December 31, 2008
Publication Number: Date: 2009
Author: C. E. G. Farrow, J. Everest, M. Frayne
Publisher Name: FNX Mining Company Inc.
Location: SEDAR
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