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| Record Name(s) | Ebony DDH EM-88-3 - 1988, Ebony South Grid - 1988 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jul-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Dundonald
Latitude: 48° 41' 34.2" Longitude: -80° 52' 3.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 509732.63 Northing: 5393318.68 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A10NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at L6E/1+50S on Ebony Gold Mines grid; former claim P755611
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is located approximately 6.5 km west of Porquis Junction and approximately 15.5 km SW of Iroquois Falls. It can be accessed via a gravel road which runs along a portion of the Dundonald-McCart township boundary and then via a series of bush roads and trails.
1973: Asarco Exploration Company of Canada Limited – ground geophysics. 1982: Cominco Ltd. – ground geophysics. 1985-86: Angela Development Corp. - airborne geophysics. 1988-89: Ebony Gold Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, mapping, 2 ddh (1056 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3255 / 2.12239 | 42A10NW0561 | 42A10NW0561 |
| T-3255 / 2.12256 | 42A10NW0001 | 42A10NW0001 |
| T-1515 / 2.1202 | 42A10NW0581 | 42A10NW0581 |
| T-2576 / 2.5303 | 42A10NW0579 | 42A10NW0579 |
| T-2744 / 2.9590 | 42A15SW8860 | 42A15SW8860 |
| T-3255 / 2.12325 | 42A10NW0560 | 42A10NW0560 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2714+/-3 Ma Geochron. Age Ref.: MP 169 P. 75
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Massive | Host |
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Aug 15, 2018 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of medium-grained, massive ultramafic flows or intrusions. The rocks are weakly mineralized with 2-3% disseminated pyrrhotite and possible pentlandite.
| 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 | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 15, 2018 (A Wilson) - The best assay from the drill hole returned 1940 ppm Ni over 3.05 m. Assays ranged from 620 ppm Ni to 1940 ppm Ni over the length of the drill hole (TI3421).
Article - Geology of Dundonald and German Townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP162.006 Page: 26-29 Date: 1993
Author: Muir T.L.
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:
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 - 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:
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:
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:
Core - Resident Geologist, Core Library
Publication Number: TI3421 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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