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| Record Name(s) | McIntyre DDH 904-73-4 - 1973, Anomaly 3n - 1973 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Crawford
Latitude: 48° 52' 47.2" Longitude: -81° 24' 5.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470567.922 Northing: 5414168.985 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar in north half of lot 7, concession 6 in Crawford Tp
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1963-64: Abitibi Price/Canico - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1973: McIntryre Porcupine Mines Limited - 3 ddh (1661 ft), ground geophysics, mill test on core. 1983-84: Chevron Canada Resources - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1567, 17 | 42A14SW0047 | 42A14SW0047 |
| 2.1228, T-1567 | 42A14SW0045 | 42A14SW0045 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Andesite | Tuff | Hanging Wall |
| Diorite | 3 | Diorite | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of massive intermediate flows and tuffs overlying serpentinized peridotite. The peridotite is mineralized with abundant magnetite, short sections show up to 2% disseminated pyrrhotite and pyrite. The rock is seamed with minor magnesite and asbestos.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnesite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Asbestos | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Drill core returned a best assay of 0.43% Ni and 0.05% Cu over2.5 feet. Mill testing of the peridotite showed that it had significant sulphur, nickel sulphide and copper content.
File - Resident Geologist files T-3529, T-3566
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Crawford Township, District of Cochrane, Timmins data series
Publication Number: P0487 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Core - Resident Geologist Core Library
Publication Number: Drill Core Date: 1901
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Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1998
Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.
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