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Record: MDI41I16SW00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McNish Township Showing - 1992, Nichol Showing - 1992
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: McNish

Latitude: 46° 46' 52.77"    Longitude: -80° 17' 51.73"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 553609.98   Northing: 5181103.474    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I16SW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1957-1959: W.H. Nichol - 3 drill holes (560 ft) 1969: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Ltd. - airborne MAG & EM 2009-2010: Endurance Gold Corp/Mount Logan Resources Ltd. - mapping, sampling 2011: Mount Logan Resources Ltd. - drilling, assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
McNish-0010-C1 41I16SW0031 41I16SW0031
Dana-0011 41I16SW0020 41I16SW0020
Pardo-SP022 20000008922 20000008922
Pardo-SP018 20000005854 20000005854

Geology

Province: Southern

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diabase 1 Host
Vein 2 quartz Sheared Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 29, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Mineralization: 7' of dism. clcp and pytt in core in qtz within Nip diab. Assays: best assays 1% Cu and 0.02 oz/ton Au.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
3 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated
2 Sheared
3 Vein

References

Folio - McNish Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF416 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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