Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Hanna Mining Samples 6055 and 6056 - 1972 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2003-Dec-18 |
Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Deloro
Latitude: 48° 23' 43.59" Longitude: -81° 13' 31.33"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 483317.379 Northing: 5360278.071 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Hanna Mining Company Sample Location 6055 in T-3840.
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Sample site is about 1000 ft. south of the former plant site of Spartan Asbestos on the Slade Forbes Asbestos Deposit. Access is by means of an ATV road extending SE from the Faymar Mine site..
In 1972, the Hanna Mining Company conducted a regional Nickel lithogeochemical survey. Sample 6055 and 6056 returned occurrence grade sulphide-nickel assays.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Sepentinized Peridotie | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - Grey to rusty weathering, fine grained, polygonally jointed serpentinized peridotite with some chrysotile development on some joint and fracture surfaces.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - Sample 6055 assayed 8 ppm Cu, 2500 ppm Ni, 1300 ppm sulphide nickel, 1100 ppm S and 39.1 wt. % MgO, Sample 6056 assayed 6 ppm Cu, 2800 ppm Ni, 1020 ppm sulphide nickel, 1020 ppm S and 41.3 wt. % MgO.
File - Resident Geologist file T-3840
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