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| Record Name(s) | Deloro Nickel - 2022, ONTEX Resources DDH FY-02-02 - 2002 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Dec-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Gold, Platinum Metals
Secondary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Deloro
Latitude: 48° 24' 16.71" Longitude: -81° 15' 52.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 480418.36 Northing: 5361310.05 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NW
Point Location Description: Drill hole collar of FY-02-02
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Via the Faymar Mine road.
1972: Hanna Mining Company prospected the area of this occurrence and took a few samples of serpentinized peridotite that assayed greater than 800 ppm nickel sulphide. 2002-2003: Ontex Resources Ltd carried out geological mapping, surface sampling and assays (T-4955); drilling (T-4803); geophysical surveys (T-4966). 2022: Canada Nickel drilled 11 DDH totalling 4312 m.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-4955 / 2.26984 | 42A06NE2037 | 42A06NE2037 |
| T-4966 / 2.26871 | 42A06NE2036 | 42A06NE2036 |
| T-4803 / 2.25148 | 42A06NE2030 | 42A06NE2030 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Host |
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| Dunite | 2 | Host | ||
| Feldspar Porphyry | 3 | Feldspar and Bio-Hbld-Feld | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Heazlewoodite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 06, 2006 (G Seim) - Drillhole FY-02-02 (Az 223, dip -40 deg): At contact between feld. porphyry and peridotite 132.02 - 132.47 m (.45 m) 1.85 g/t Au on 1st assay and 1.93 g/t Au on recheck. 268.50 - 270.10 m (1.60 m) returned 0.38 g/t Pt and 0.58 g/t Pd in sulphide (po, py) bearing serpentized peridotite. 303.50 - 304.50 m (1.00 m) retuned 7290 ppm Ni, 0.12 g/t Pt and 0.24 g/t Pd in peridotite 313.00 - 314.50 m (1.50 m) returned 0.23 g/t Pt and 0.73 g/t Pd in sheared peridotite at contact with feld. porphyry. 342.77 - 343.12 m (0.35 m) returned 2300 ppm Cu, 7470 ppm Ni, 0.16 g/t Pt, and 0.17 g/t Pd In this hole much of the ultramafic intrusive reports more than 2000 ppm Ni. also there are also many anomalous Pt and Pd values. Follow-up drilling returned the following: FY-02-10 (collared 210m SW of 02, Az 037, dip -45): 45.10 - 46.10 m (1.0 m) 1770 ppm Ni, 0.24 g/t Pt and 0.54 g/t Pd; 96.80 - 97.57 m (0.77 m) 6850 ppm Ni, 0.27 g/t Pt and 0.50 g/t Pd FY-02-11 (collared 330m west of 02): No anomalous results, FY-02-12 (300m SW of 02): 57.29 - 58.12 m (0.83 m) 1270 ppm Ni, 0.11 g/t Pt and 0.38 g/t Pd FY-02-13 (250m WSW of 02): 151.54 - 152.86 (1.32 m) 0.22 g/t PGMs (average).
Dec 13, 2006 (D Draper) - Ontex conducted geological mapping and sampling in the summer of 2002. A cluster of 7 samples located approximately 90m SW of the Bowman pit returned elevated Ni, Pt and Pd values in the ultramafic intrusive: 2240 to 6020 ppm Ni; 0.12 to 0.21 g/t Pt; 0.17 to 0.35 g/t Pd. (T-4955) This location was subsequently drill-tested in the fall of 2002 by 2 holes: hole FY-02-02 was collared 120m to the northeast and FY-02-10 was collared 100m to the southwest, opposite to -02. (T-4803) Many other surface samples taken within a 250m radius of the eventual collar of FY-02-02 returned nickel values over 1000ppm, the best being 3250 ppm Ni from an outcrop 70m NE of the drillhole.
Oct 04, 2022 (Therese Pettigrew) - The Deloro property contains an ultramafic target that measures 1.4 km north-south by 450 metres east-west. DEL22-05 collared in dunite and was drilled to the northeast. The hole intersected 394 metres of 0.26% Ni and finished in dunite, only interrupted by minor dykes. Showing moderate to strong serpentinization and visible pentlandite-heazlewoodite mineralization with minor awaruite. DEL22-04 collared in dunite near the center of the target and drilled to the northeast. The dunite is mineralized throughout, interrupted only by a few minor dykes. Dunite graded 0.26% Ni over 43 metres, and 0.26% Ni over 271 metres. The hole reached the east contact intersecting Peridotite and Mafic volcanics. DEL22-08 collared in dunite and was drilled to the southwest. Dunite graded 0.22 % Ni over 156.5 metres at the top of the hole, and 0.25% Ni over 213 metres near the bottom and ended in dunite. Hole DEL22-03 collared in dunite on the northern half of the target and was drilled to the southwest. The hole remained and finished in dunite except for a section of pyroxenite in the center. The dunite sections grading up to 0.24% Ni over 157.7 metres, and 0.22% Ni over 106.2 metres with visible pentlandite-heazlewoodite mineralization (Canada Nickel news release Sept 28, 2022).
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