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| Record Name(s) | Dundonald South Deposit - 1966, Dundonald Beach - 1989, Dundonald Nickel - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2002-Jul-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Iridium, Rhodium
Township or Area: Dundonald
Latitude: 48° 37' 46.08" Longitude: -80° 50' 33.86"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 511587.63 Northing: 5386278.64 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10NW
Point Location Description: Stripped area
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is accessible by travelling north along highway 67 for a distance of approximately 11 km from highway 101. The site is accessible via a series of drill roads from the Alexo Mine property.
1951: Quebec Asbestos Corp. - airborne geophysics. 1955: Consolidated Mattarrow Mines. - 5 ddh (1324 ft). 1956: Hollinger Consolidated Mines Ltd. - mapping. 1956-92: Falconbridge Ltd. - >100 ddh, mapping, ground geophysics. 1988: Kangeld Resources - compilation, overburden drilling. 2000-01: Hucamp Mines Limited - property acquired, stripping, mapping, channel sampling, ground geophysics, 9 ddh, (1289 m), resampling core. 2004: First Nickel Inc. - property acquisition, diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-0417 / | 42A10NW0519 | 42A10NW0519 |
| T-0417 / | 42A10NW0621 | 42A10NW0621 |
| T-2999 / 2.11105 | 42A10NW0563 | 42A10NW0563 |
| T-0417 / 63.1066 | 42A10NW0598 | 42A10NW0598 |
| T-4567 / 2.21000 | 42A10NW2006 | 42A10NW2006 |
| T-4697 / 2.23408 | 42A10NW2011 | 42A10NW2011 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2707 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: MP169, p. 75
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Komatiite | Near |
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| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The sulphides are located at the base of komatiitic peridotite and komatiitic dunite flows in irregular, small lenses that are discontinuous along strike and appear to occur throughout the komatiite sequence.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Millerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Electrum | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Violarite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 24, 2018 (A Wilson) - The Ni sulphide mineralization occurs as disseminated, blebby, net-textured, semi-massive and massive sulphides. Composite grab samples collected in 2000 returned values of 34.82% Ni, 0.30% Co, 3.7 g/t Pt and 5.75 g/t Pd over 0.15 m; 10.09% Ni, 0.11% Co, 1.3 g/t Pt and 2.18 g/t Pd over 0.55 m; 28.8 % Ni, 0.26% Co, 3.17 g/t Pt and 4.99 g/t Pd over 0.10 m. Channel samples averaged 4.82% Ni and 1.37 g/t Pt+Pd over 4 m with 3 m averaging 5.85% Ni and 1.70 g/t Pd+Pd. Falconbridge ddh 1965-29 intersected 29 ft that returned 5.87% Ni including a 9.8 ft section of 12.8% Ni. The best intersection from Hucamp drilling returned 2.15 m of 10.15% Ni, 0.42% Cu, 0.17% Co and 1.67 g/t Pt+Pd. A selected sample of massive sulphide collected by Falconbridge in 1990 returned 26.3% Ni, 0.15% Cu, 22.4 g/t Pt, 22.7 g/t Pd, 3.3 g/t Rh and 3.06 g/t Ir.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Dundonald South | 2009 | Inferred Mineral Resource | 116000 | NI 43-101 p. 17-6 | 3658 tonnes Ni | Nickel 3.16 Percent |
| Dundonald South | 1990 | Unclassified | 750000 | Hucamp press release, June 22, 2000 | to vertical depth of 150 m | Nickel 1.5 Percent |
| Dundonald South | 1979 | Unclassified | 450000 | P. C. Davis Thesis (1997)p. 64 | Copper 0.03 Percent, Nickel 1.5 Percent | |
| Dundonald South | 1966 | Unclassified | 141400 | Hucamp Press Release, June 22 2000 | Copper 0.11 Percent, Nickel 2.73 Percent |
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
Location:
Thesis - Volcanic stratigraphy of the late Archean Kidd-Munro assemblage in Dundonald and Munro townships and genesis of associated nickel and copper-zinc volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, Abitibi greenstone belt, Ontario, Canada
Publication Number: MSc Thesis Page: 64-65 Date: 1997
Author: Davis, P.C.
Publisher Name: University of Alabama
Location: Timmins RGP Office
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 - 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:
Article - The Kidd-Munro Extension project: synopsis of field work in the southeast Dundonald Area.
Publication Number: MP168.003 Page: 17-18 Date: 1997
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
Book - The Dundonald Deposit, p. 351-359, Canadian Mineralogist, Vol 17
Publication Number: Can Min Date: 1979
Author: Muir, J.E. and Comba, C.D.A.
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Map - Geology of Dundonald Township
Publication Number: P3345 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1995
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
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2000, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Program: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6050 Page: 24 Date: 2001
Author: Atkinson B.T., Hailstone M.H., Seim G.Wm., Wilson A.C., Draper D.M., Farrow D.G., Hope P., Debicki R.L., Yule G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Hucamp Mines Limited
Publication Number: clippings Date: 2000
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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: 229 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Classic Komatiite Localities and Magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu Deposits, MERC Fieldguide
Publication Number: Field Guide Date: 1999
Author: Davis, P.C. (ed)
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Compend - Summary of Field Work and Other Activities, 2002
Publication Number: OFR6100 Page: 7.8-7.10 Date: 2002
Author: Baker C.L., Debicki E.J., Kelly R.I., Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Technical Report on the Dundonald Project, Dundonald & Clergue Townships Porcupine Mining Division, Ontario for First Nickel Inc. , 92p.
Publication Number: 2001 NI 43-101 Date: 2001
Author: G. A. Harron
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
Publication - A report to NI 43-101 standards on the Western Abitibi nickel properties of First Nickel Inc. Ontario, Canada.
Publication Number: 2004 NI 43-101 Date: 2004
Author: J.K. Montgomery
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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