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| Record Name(s) | Milne Nickel - 1972 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Jun-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Kenogaming
Latitude: 48° 9' 49.65" Longitude: -81° 56' 5.15"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 430492.06 Northing: 5334927.82 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A04NW
Point Location Description: 3/4 mi north of No. 1 post of patented claim S58573
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: Follow highway 101 west from Timmins fro approximatley 50 km. Turn at the road to the local garbage disposal site and keep to your left past the dump. An old road exists here that is passable by foot or by ATV. This road will take you towards the west shore of Akweskwa Lake.
1966: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited – DD – 9 – 3184ft, 1990: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground mag and HLEM surveys. Denomme, R.C. – Str, Tr, Samp, Assays. 1993: Falconbridge Ltd. - regional humus and soil geochemical survey. 1995: Eastmain Resources Inc. - airborne geophysics. 2012: Prodigy Gold Inc. – AEM, AMag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3398 / 2.13542 | 42A04NW1109 | 42A04NW1109 |
| T-2726 / 63.5991 | 42A05NW8529 | 42A05NW8529 |
| T-2726 / 63.5978 | 42A04NW0101 | 42A04NW0101 |
| T-6563 / 2.53481 | 20000008321 | 20000008321 |
| T-3398 / 2.14805 | 42A04NW0100 | 42A04NW0100 |
| T-622 / 10 | 42A04NW0159 | 42A04NW0159 |
| T-3752 / 2.16399 | 42A04NW0052 | 42A04NW0052 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The area is underlain by highly altered felsic pyroclasic rocks and ultramafic sill-like bodies. Several small felsic porphyry stocks, sills and dikes invade the volcanic sequences.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is hosted by a carbonatized serpentinite body, in close proximity to a NNE trending diabase dike.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 | Medium | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization consists of disseminated microcrystalline pyrrhotite. A grab sample taken from the outcrop by the OGS in 1972 returned a value of 0.20% Ni.
Map - Kenogaming Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0465 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Kukatush-Sewell Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R097 Page: 65 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Kenogaming Township - unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1991
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Penhorwood and Kenogaming townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2231 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1972
Author: Milne V.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
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:
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