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| Record Name(s) | Rio Tinto - R&R Option Hole 8 - 1976 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Hutt
Latitude: 48° 0' 59.24" Longitude: -81° 6' 32.53"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 491869 Northing: 5318135.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03SE
Point Location Description: Approx. collar of Hole 8 RioTinto 1976 drilling of the R&R option.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Follow Pine Street south from Timmins a distance of about 70 km. A 200-300 m traverse north from a point about 2 km east of the Dexter Creek crossing leads to the vicintiy of the drill hole collar.
1974, R. Rousseau and R. Rochon - trenching. 1975-77: Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Ltd. - mapping, 12 DD
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-170, 15 | 42A03SE0174 | 42A03SE0174 |
| T-0291, W7406-00036 | 42A03SE5051 | 42A03SE5051 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - This ocurrence consists of a number of diamond drill hole intersection testing for Cu-Ni mineralization along the contact(s) of ultramafic intrusions. The drilling was spread over a 1 sq. km area. The location chose for this occurrence is the approximate collar of Rio Tinto's hole 8 that intersected 10 ft. grading 0.11% in serpentinized dunite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
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| Dunite | 2 | Dunite | Host | |
| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 3 | Rhyolite | Breccia | Near |
Aug 19, 2009 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of diabase, gabbro and serpentinized peridotite and dunite. The drill hole terminated in a dacitic flow. Some bladed (spinifex?) textures were observed in dunite between 194 and 210 feet.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Replacement | |||
| Talc | Alteration | Serpentinization | 2 | Replacement | |||
| Asbestos | Alteration | Serpentinization | 3 | Veins |
Aug 19, 2009 (A Wilson) - The mineralization described in most of the drill hole is nickeliferous pyrrhotite and nickeliferous pyrite. On occasion pentlandite was also identified in the logging. The sulphides are generally disseminated though locally stringers are noted. Sulphide concentrations vary from 2% to 15%. The only assay available from the drilling is for a 10 ft. intersection in hole 8 that returned 0.11% Ni. Diamond drilling completed to the northeast of DDH 8 intersected disseminated sulphides in hanging wall intermediate to felsic metavolcanics. The sulphides consist of chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite
Map - Semple and Hutt townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2291 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1974
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Ferrier Lake-Canoeshed Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R231 Date: 1984
Author: Bright E.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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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