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| Record Name(s) | North Bardwell - 1991, Edleston Project - 2021, Canex Aerial DDH 119-15 - 1971 |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Copper, Gold
Township or Area: Sothman
Latitude: 47° 53' 26.26" Longitude: -81° 17' 39.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 478007 Northing: 5304186 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P14NW
Point Location Description: DDH DDED22-086 from Aston Minerals ASX release Feb 21, 2023
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The trench exposing the occurrence is located to between the Timmins-Shiningtree road and the North Shore of Bardwell Lake. The trench location is shown on Map 1953-3.
1971-72: Canex Aerial Exploration, Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, DD-1-859 ft. 1989: Falconbridge ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1999: Filo and Jones - prospecting, sampling ground geophysics. 2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. - prospecting, sampling, airborne geophysics. 2007-08: Sedex Mining Corporation - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics. 2021-22: Aston Minerals drilled 62 DDH totalling 28,001 m on the Edleston Project.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2289 / 63.3003 | 41P14NW0019 | 41P14NW0019 |
| T-5093 / 2.28603 | 41P14NE2014 | 41P14NE2014 |
| T-2289 / 2.125 | 41P14NW0026 | 41P14NW0026 |
| T-4386 / 2.20288 | 41P14NW2003 | 41P14NW2003 |
| T-5635 / 2.37101 | 20000002662 | 20000002662 |
| T-5234 / 2.30797 | 20000000863 | 20000000863 |
| T-3362 / 2.14034 | 41P14NE0055 | 41P14NE0055 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Mar 13, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Edleston project is located within the Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Archean metavolcanic and metasedimentary assemblages which have been steeply folded with the axes trending in a general east-west direction. These have been intruded mainly by large granitic bodies and by masses of mafic and ultramafic rocks and well as several ages of younger dolerite dykes. Regionally the Project is located within the western extension of the Cadillac-Larder Fault Zone (Aston Minerals ASX release Feb 21, 2023).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate Agglomerate | 1 | Dacite | Agglomerate | Near |
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| Peridotite | 2 | Peritotite | Host | |
| Gabbro | 3 | Gabbro | Hanging Wall |
Aug 30, 2010 (A Wilson) - Canex Canadian Exploration Ltd. DDH 119-15 collared near a trench and intersected the dacite-gabbro contact. The gabbro is serpentinized and is well mineralized with pyrrhotite and traces of chalcopyrite as fine to medium grained blebs. The gabbro grades to peridotite. Just north of Bardwell Lake where the gabbro-dacite contact was exposed by trenching. Here the gabbro is chilled against the volcanics. North of the contact, the dacite outcrop was laid bare by stripping and zones rich in disseminated sulphides have been exposed. The sulphides are pyrite pyrrhotite and some chalcopyrite. The whole outcrop has been mineralized, but certain sections are richer than others. Sulphides are more prominent toward the south edge of the outcrop, and here the outcrop has a rusty capping. The sulphides occur as disseminations, in fine cracks as fillings and occasionally as massive material in small pockets.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 |
Aug 30, 2010 (A Wilson) - Nickel assays from the peridotite and gabbro ranged from 0.05% Ni over 5 feet to 0.30% Ni over 5 feet. Assays from the metavolcanics in the upper portion of the drill hole returned 0.02% Ni, 0.08% Cu and 0.01oz/t Ag over 10 feet.
Mar 13, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Boomerang Resource is interpreted to be a dunite/peridotite unit which has undergone extensive serpentinization. This process of is responsible for the reaction of olivine to produce magnetite and brucite, resulting in a strongly reducing environment whereby nickel is released from decomposition of olivine. The nickel which has been released is typically partitioned into low sulphur nickel sulphide minerals. DDH DDED21-073 returned 0.27% Ni and 0.11% Co over 187 m including 0.47% Ni and 0.014% Co over 7 m. DDH DDED22-113 returned 0.3% Ni and 0.011% Co over 99.5 m including 0.56% Ni and 0.015% Co over 7 m (Aston Minerals ASX release Feb 21, 2023).
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - The gabbro and peridotite hosting the nickel mineralization are reportedly well serpentinized.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
Map - Township of Sothman, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-03 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1997
Author: Abraham E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Sothman Township
Publication Number: ARV62-06 Page: 26 Date: 1997
Author: Abraham E.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 2003
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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