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MDI42A03SE00035
Record Name(s) | Gulf Minerals DDH Z-2 - 1976 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2000-May-09 |
Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Zavitz
Latitude: 48° 1' 43.59" Longitude: -81° 5' 48.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 492782.895 Northing: 5319503.016 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03SE
Point Location Description: Collar of Gulf Minerals Canada Ltd ddh Z-2 (1976)
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: From Matachewan, Take Highway 561 W for 30 KM. Turn onto Forest Access Rd. and follow for 20 k to Moray Lake turnoff Take Moray Lake Road North to the occurrence area.
1976 Gulf Mineral LTD completed 8 diamond drill holes on 2 properties in SE Zavitz Tp. Occurrence grade nickel intercepts were cut in 4 widely spaced ddh all located to the S and W of Moray Lake. A MDI record exists for each drill hole. DDH Z-2 cut a sequence of felsic metavolcainics and graphitic argillites intruded by serpentinized ultramafic rock. From 332 ft. down the hole to 460 ft.down the hole a highly crushed and brecciated zone consisting of white to green friable material with abundant oxide stain was intercepted. A 80 foot wide section of this intercept averaged 0.19% Ni.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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T-2672 | 42A03SE8422 | 42A03SE8422 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - DH Z-2 cut a sequence of felsic metavolcainics and graphitic argillites intruded by serpentinized ultramafic rock. From 332 ft. down the hole to 460 ft.down the hole a highly crushed and brecciated zone consisting of white to green friable material with abundant oxide stain was intercepted. A 80 foot wide section of this intercept averaged 0.19% Ni.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Breccia-unsubdivided | 1 | White To Green Friable Materia | Crushed And Brecciated | Host |
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Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Host | ||
Mudstone | 3 | Graphitic Argillite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - No sulphides are mentioned in the drill log for this section.
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