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| Record Name(s) | New Dominion Nickel Mines Property - 1943, Jonsmith Mines Ltd. - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1980-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper
Township or Area: Norman
Latitude: 46° 46' 24.25" Longitude: -80° 53' 46.97"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 507910.998 Northing: 5179988.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SW
Point Location Description: precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Take RR #84north of Capreol to Gauthier lumber road. Continue east 2.8 km to site situated 12m off of the road on the north side.
1943-46: Dominion Nickel Mining Corp. Ltd. - DD-3464, ore reserve. 1955: New Dominion Nickel Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics 1956: Johnsmith Mines Limited - DD-74-36,725 ft 1958: property sold to J.B. McGinn. 1981: Inco Limited - property acquired
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Norman-0016-D1 | 41I15SW0200 | 41I15SW0200 |
| Norman-0020-B1 | 41I15SW0193 | 41I15SW0193 |
| NORMAN-0016-D1 | 41I15SW0200 | 41I15SW0200 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Norite | 1 | Norite | Host |
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| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
Apr 20, 2010 (A Wilson) - Mineralization occurs at the north contact of the norite with mafic metavolcanic rocks.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 20, 2010 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling after 1955 established mineralization at 2% Ni over 3.4 m to a depth of at least 213 m. The mineralization is known to extend over a strike length of at least 305 m. Two mineralized zones that dip 50°S were outlined. The footwall zone averages 0.7% Ni and 0.50% Cu over a true width of 7.9m; and a hanging-wall zone averaging 0.72% Ni and 0.45% Cu over a true width of 7.6 m
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Concordant |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| New Dominion Nickel Mines Property | 1956 | Unclassified | 40823 | MRC 2, p. 96 | A 1956 reserve estimate quoted in MRC 2 is 45,000 tons grading 0.9% Ni and 0.75% Cu | Copper 0.75 %, Nickel 0.9 % |
Map - Capreol sheet, districts of Sudbury and Nipissing, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0367 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Capreol area, eastern part, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2378 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Muir T.L., Rebic Z., Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 96 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Norman Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF366 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Capreol area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: OFR5344 Page: 107-108 Date: 1981
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Compilation series, Sudbury mining area, eastern part, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2603 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1983
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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