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| Record Name(s) | Wallbridge Xstrata Parkin Property - 2002, Parkin Offset Dike - 1950, Northbridge - 1953, Claim S21893 - 1950, Falconbridge Nickel Mines - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Palladium, Platinum
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver, Cobalt
Township or Area: Parkin
Latitude: 46° 48' 18" Longitude: -80° 52' 41.03"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 509303.997 Northing: 5183502 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I15SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the property is via RR 80 for 18.3 km from Sudbury to the town of Val Therese. Continue east for 6.7 km along RR 80 to the junction with RR 84. Then follow RR 84 north for 7 km to the town of Capreol. From Capreol travel northeasterly along all weather gravel roads past the Podolsky Project. A major north-south logging road crosses the centre fo the properties immediately west of Malbeuf Lake.
Pre-1932: trenching. 1934: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited - mapping, drilling, ground geophysics . 1952-53: Northbridge Mines Ltd. - property acquisition, DD-15-1878 m. 1953-66: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited - ground geophysics, diamond drilling, mapping 1990-98: Falconbridge Limited - mapping, ground geophysics, stripping, sampling, DD-6-3622m, airborne geophysics. 1999-2008: Wallbridge Mining Company - sampling, ground geophysics, DD-128-25,956 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Parkin-0031-C1 | 41I15SW0069 | 41I15SW0069 |
| Parkin-0020-A1 | 41I15SW0089 | 41I15SW0089 |
| Parkin-0029 | 41I15SW0097 | 41I15SW0097 |
| Parkin-0018-E1 | 41I15SW0133 | 41I15SW0133 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Diorite | 1 | Quartz Diorite | Host |
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Apr 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - The Parkin quartz diorite offset dyke trends across the centre of the property at 33°. The dyke is continuous across the property and has a width of 45 to 135m. Dips are generally subvertical to steep to either the southeast or northwest. The dyke contains both massive quartz diorite as well as inclusion quartz diorite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 07, 2010 (A Wilson) - Mineralization ranges from massive sulphide Cu/Ni mineralization consisting of massive to patchy pyrrhotite and pyrite with minor chalcopyrite blebs, disseminations and fracture fillings, to disseminated Cu/PGE mineralization consisting of small lenses of massive chalcopyrite and fine stockworks of chalcopyrite in siliceous fragments.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| North and South Zones | 2002 | Indicated Mineral Resource | 264000 | M. Croteau, 2008 Report on the Parkin Offset Properties, Wallbridge Mining Company Limited, NI 43-101 report | 264,000 tonnes @ 0.70%Cu, 0.65%Ni, 0.62 g/t Pt, 0.80 g/t Pd, 0.23 g/t Au, 0.03% Co, 6.30 g/t Ag, 1.34% Cu+Ni, 1.64 g/t Pt+ Pd+Au | Cobalt .03 Percent, Copper .7 Percent, Gold .23 Grams per Tonne, Nickel .65 Percent, Palladium .8 Grams per Tonne, Platinum .62 Grams per Tonne, Silver 6.3 Grams per Tonne |
| 025S Zone, South Zone Extension and 750S Zones | 2002 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 87000 | M. Croteau, 2008 Report on the Parkin Offset Properties, Wallbridge Mining Company Limited, NI 43-101 report | 87,000 tonnes @ 0.7%Cu, 0.4% Ni, 1.2 g/t Pt, 1.0 g/t Pd, 0.6 g/t Au, 0.02% Co, 8.8 g/t Ag, 1.1% Cu+Ni and 2.8 g/t Pt+Pd+Au | Cobalt .02 Percent, Copper .7 Percent, Gold .6 Grams per Tonne, Nickel .4 Percent, Palladium 1 Grams per Tonne, Platinum 1.2 Grams per Tonne, Silver 8.8 Grams per Tonne |
MonoMap - Geology of Hutton and Parkin townships
Publication Number: R080 Page: 53-54 Date: 1970
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Folio - Parkin Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF323 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Hutton and Parkin townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2180 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - 2008 Report on the Parkin Offset Properties, Wallbridge Mining Company Limited
Publication Number: NI 43-101 Date: 2009
Author: M. Croteau
Publisher Name:
Location:
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