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Record: MDI42A05NW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dallaire - Levert Property - 1966, Claw Lake DDH W-1 - 1968, Whitesides - 1991, Pirsson Lake - 1969, Smith - Morrison Claims - 1978, Lalonde - Mackenzie Property - 1991, Mackenzie Option - 1997
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Whitesides

Latitude: 48° 25' 1.7"    Longitude: -81° 46' 17.79"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 442907.177   Northing: 5362952.837    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A05NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P90708

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Dana-Jowsey park road. A narrow logging road branching from teh gravel road about 8 km from the highway leads to the south end of the claim group.



Exploration History

1966: W. Dallaire and R. Levert - prospecting. 1967: Kennco Explorations (Canada Limited ) - trenching, mapping IP survey. 1968: Claw Lake Molybdenum Mines Limited - 1 ddh (704 ft). 1978-80: Smith and Morrison - ground geophysics, mapping. 1989-90: Timmins Nickel Inc. - property acquistion. 1991-93: D. Lalonde - prospecting, sampling, stripping, ground geophysics, 3 ddh (368 m). 1997: Prospectors Alliance Corp. - ground geophysics, mapping. 2000: Falconbridge Ltd. - airborne geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3909, 2.18130 42A05NW2002 42A05NW2002
T-1438 42A05NW8523 42A05NW8523
T-3498, 63.6049 42A05NW0106 42A05NW0106
T-4587 42A06NW2026 42A06NW2026
T-1913, 2.2827 42A05NW0120 42A05NW0120
2.3497, T-1913 42A05NW0119 42A05NW0119
2.4494, T-1913 42A05NW0118 42A05NW0118
2.14785, T-3498 42A05NW0160 42A05NW0160
22, T-3498 42A05NW0008 42A05NW0008
2.18170, T-3909 42A05NW2003 42A05NW2003
2.18166, T-3909 42A05NW2005 42A05NW2005
2.18168, T-3909 42A05NE2002 42A05NE2002
2.18167, T-3909 42A05NE2004 42A05NE2004
2.18169, T-3909 42A05NE2005 42A05NE2005
2.18162, T-3909 42A05NW2004 42A05NW2004

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected 704 ft of gabbro containing pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite mineralization from 95 to 250 ft.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay from the Claw Lake drill hole returned 0.06% Cu and 0.05% Ni over 10 ft. Grab samples from old prospecting pits returned Cu values up to 8160 ppm and Ni values up to 4620 ppm.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-73  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist file T-4077

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Whitesides Township, District of Cochrane, Timmins data series

Publication Number: P0488 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Kamiskotia-Whitesides area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0633 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Wolfe W.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 131  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: P3396 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Kamiskotia Area

Publication Number: S059 Page: 56-57  Date: 2000

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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