Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI42A11NE00046
| Record Name(s) | Desson - 134-1B - 1978 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Tully
Latitude: 48° 43' 58.76" Longitude: -81° 5' 51.65"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 492817.325 Northing: 5397778.633 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A11NE
Point Location Description: Point plotted on OBM topo map from information in Assessment File T-1814
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the site is from the southeast via gravel roads that pass by Ice Chest Lake and Roy Lake. From the end of the gravel, bush trails lead across Buskegau River to the site.
1978: St. Joseph Exploration carried out diamond drilling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1814, 40 | 42A11NE0235 | 42A11NE0235 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
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Jan 12, 2023 (Q Unknown) - Diamond drilling by St. Joseph Explorations Ltd in 1978 resulted in DDH 134-1B intersecting weak nickel values hosted by what the drill log describes as ultramafic - peridotite. Weakly anomalous nickel values of 0.25% Ni / 0.5m (91.24-91.74m) and 0.24% Ni / 1.0m (117.65-118.65m) were reported, but no mention of sulphide minerals was made in the log.
Map - Timmins data series, Tully Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0699 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A., Carey E.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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