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MDI42A10NW00027
| Record Name(s) | Nickel Island - 1964, Frederick House Lake - 1964, Little Island Group - 1964, Swiss Cheese Island - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Dundonald
Latitude: 48° 38' 18.65" Longitude: -80° 53' 4.26"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 508507.63 Northing: 5387278.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10NW
Point Location Description: Island in SE Fredrickhouse Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The island is accessible by boat from the Barber's Bay boat launch at the south end of Fredrickhouse Lake.
1963-74: Hollinger Consolidated Gold Mines - ground geophysics, diamond drilling (73 ddh, 9679 m), mapping. 1971: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - 10 ddh (3437 ft), ground geophysics. 1985: Angela Developments Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1985-88: Kangeld Resources Ltd. – airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, overburden drilling, 2 ddh (479.1 m). 1990: McKinnon Prospecting - airborne geophysics. 2001: Aquiline Resources Inc. - 2 ddh (125 m), ground geophysics. 2007: Northern Gold Mining Inc. – airborne geophysics, geochemistry. 2012: Constantine Metal Resources – airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-720 / 63.1228 | 42A10NW0604 | 42A10NW0604 |
| T-2744 / 2.9098 | 42A10NW0597 | 42A10NW0597 |
| T-2999 / 2.11105 | 42A10NW0563 | 42A10NW0563 |
| T-5518 / 2.34621 | 20000002053 | 20000002053 |
| T-5682 / 2.37666 | 20000002898 | 20000002898 |
| T-6408 / 2.51427 | 20000007157 | 20000007157 |
| T-2999 / 2.8281 | 42A10NW0566 | 42A10NW0566 |
| T-3367 / 2.13858 | 42A10NW0553 | 42A10NW0553 |
| T-4552 / 2.21040 | 42A10NW2004 | 42A10NW2004 |
| T-4592 / 2.21039 | 42A10NW2005 | 42A10NW2005 |
| T-1264 / 15 | 42A10NW0614 | 42A10NW0614 |
| T-720 / 63.1228 | 42A10NW0604 | 42A10NW0604 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2717 +/-1.2 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: MP 169 P. 75
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate pillowed flow | 1 | Dacite | Pillowed, Massive, Brecciated | Host |
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| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Footwall |
Aug 13, 2018 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted by variolitic, hyloclastic, pillowed or massive basalt/magnesium basalt (contaminated komatiite). Minor sulphide occurs up to 2% as disseminated blebs locally on the western shore of the island. The varioles are almost exclusively concentrated in pillow rims and in hyaloclastitic matrix to pillow breccia and pillows.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assays returned from diamond drilling completed by Falconbridge in 1971 intersected 5 ft of 0.33% N, 0.38% Ni over 5 ft, 5 ft of 0.53% Ni, 4 ft of 0.19% Ni, 32 ppm Cu, 57 ppm Zn. Diamond drill core from 2001 Aquiline Resources program was assayed for platinum+palladium. Pt values were all <5 ppb, Pd values ranged from 7 ppb - 17 ppb.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Nickel Island | 1971 | Unclassified | 186850 | Assessment File T-2999, P. 8 | Nickel 0.46 Percent | |
| Nickel Island | 1968 | Unclassified | 909000 | Hollinger Consolidated Estimate in Assessment File T-720 | Vertical Estimate to 300 ft. | Nickel 0.22 Percent |
Map - Timmins data series, Dundonald Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2029 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Core - Resident Geologist core library 1961
Publication Number: Date: 1961
Author:
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Location:
Map - Geology of Dundonald Township
Publication Number: P3345 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Geology of Dundonald and German Townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP162.006 Page: 28 Date: 1993
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Dundonald and German Townships
Publication Number: OFM0232 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1994
Author: Muir T.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - The Kidd-Munro Extension project: synopsis of field work in the southeast Dundonald Area.
Publication Number: MP168.003 Page: 19 Date: 1997
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation: Dundonald and Clergue Townships
Publication Number: P3394 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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-231 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Dundonald Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0307 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D., Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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