Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A04NW00043
| Record Name(s) | International Norvalie 2 - 1971, International Norvalie DDH4 - 1999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 8' 32.14" Longitude: -81° 54' 34.22"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 432342 Northing: 5332512 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: Centre of clearing believed to be the old drill set-up
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Follow Highway 101 west of Timmins until you reach where the Opishing River crosses the highway between Opishing and Beaucage Lakes. Take the Akweskwa Lake Access Road as far as the boat launch at Akweskwa Lake. By boat travel to the southern most bay. The location of the showing is a few meters from the west shore in the central portion of the bay.
1946: prospecting. 1950-51: Dunvegan Mines - reconnaissance exploration. 1952-57: Norduna Mines - diamond drilling. Dunvegan Mines - diamond drilling. 1960: Jonsmith Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1965: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - ground mag, EM and self potential. 1971: Norvalie Mines Ltd. - diamond drilling. 1978-80: Texasgulf Canada Ltd. - mag and EM surveys. 1983: Ingamar Exploration Ltd. - trenching, stripping, sampling, ground VLF, airborne mag, VLE-EM. MPH Consulting Ltd. - airborne mag, VLF-EM. 1984-85: Carl Creek / Bearcat Exploration JV - ground VLF, IP surveys, trenching, stripping, mapping. 1988-89: Halley Resources - 11 ddh.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2793 / 2.6379 | 42A04NW0137 | 42A04NW0137 |
| T-2793 / 2.8619 | 42A04NW1028 | 42A04NW1028 |
| T-2793 / 2.7342 | 42A04NW0132 | 42A04NW0132 |
| T-2793 / 2.6285 | 42A04NW0138 | 42A04NW0138 |
| T-2793 / 2.5820 | 42A04NW0141 | 42A04NW0141 |
| T-2799 / 2.6342 | 42A04NW0028 | 42A04NW0028 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0122 | 42A04NW0122 |
| T-3332 / | 42A04NW0118 | 42A04NW0118 |
| T-2799 / 2.8066 | 42B01NE0105 | 42B01NE0105 |
| T-2793 / 2.8437 | 42A04NW0130 | 42A04NW0130 |
| T-429 / 2.765 | 42A04NW0176 | 42A04NW0176 |
| T-2000 / 2.3324 | 42A04NW0144 | 42A04NW0144 |
| T-622 / 63.1924 | 42A04NW0161 | 42A04NW0161 |
| T-2845 / 63.4078 | 42A04NW8570 | 42A04NW8570 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Anomalous nickel values were obtained from a serpentinized ultramafic rock containing 1-2% disseminated and fracture-filled pyrrhotite and pyrite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Serpentinite | 1 | Serpentinite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Ultramafic unit simply described as a green serpentinite is reported to contain relatively anomalous Ni values at a vertical depth between 39'and 49'.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Strong | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Unit contains fine pyrrhotite and pyrite 1-2% in fractures as well as disseminates.
Sep 20, 2017 (P Bousquet) - Hole 4 intersected 49 ft of green serpentine with 1-2% fine pyrite and pyrrhotite, disseminated and in fractures. The highest assay returned within that intersection was 0.26% Ni (T-429).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 25, 1993
Geologist: K Houle
Notes: A clearing was located which coincides with the approximate location of the drill hole as indicated in the assessment file location sketch. No definite signs of past drilling were discovered however to provide absolute certainty that this is indeed the location.
File - Resident Geologist files 1980, air photos
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: M2627 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files T-527
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Northern Swayze Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R297 Page: 52 Date: 1995
Author: Ayer J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 508-509 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Kenogaming Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
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