Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI41I11NE00025
| Record Name(s) | Wisner Zone - 2004, Foy Offset Property - 2000, Foster Lake - 1928 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Secondary Commodities: Platinum, Palladium
Township or Area: Bowell
Latitude: 46° 44' 51.28" Longitude: -81° 9' 26.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487975.998 Northing: 5177125.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1928-57: Falconbridge Nickel Mines - trenching, DD. 2000-2004: Aurora Platinum Corp. Ltd. and Falconbridge Limited - ground geophysics, DD
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Bowell-0012-D1 | 41I14SE0032 | 41I14SE0032 |
| 41I14SE2015 | 41I14SE2015 | 41I14SE2015 |
| 41I14SE2011 | 41I14SE2011 | 41I14SE2011 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diorite | 1 | Quartz Diorite | Brecciated | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Gneissic | Hanging Wall | |
| Granite | 3 | Gneissic | Footwall |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
May 03, 2010 (A Wilson) - Aurora Platinum DDH 03-11 returned the following assays: 12,900 ppm Ni, 9200 ppm Cu, 537 ppb Pt and 373 ppb Pd over 0.49 m; 3400 ppm Ni, 243 ppm Cu, 576 ppb Pt and 1150 ppb Pd over 0.68 m. Aurora Platinum DDH 00-06 returned elevated Ni, Cu values throughout the drill hole. A 1.0 m interval of the drill hole returned 1540 ppm Ni, 3460 ppm Cu, 115 ppb Pt and 70 ppb Pd.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
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 - Bowell Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0316 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
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:
Folio - Bowell Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF442 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Leinster-Bowell area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R065 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 Date: 1983
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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