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Record: MDI42A12NE00037

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hollinger Mines Ltd DDH M3-1-73 - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: MacDiarmid

Latitude: 48° 40' 27.99"    Longitude: -81° 32' 40.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 459910.001   Northing: 5391409.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A12NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar location on map in T-560

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1973 - Hollinger Mines Ltd: DD - 2 - 880ft, Assays (T-560). 1977 - Amax Minerals Exploration: AEM (T-1866). 1979 - Amax Minerals Exploration: DD - 2 - 957ft, Assays, EM, Mag (T-1866). 1999 - Aur Resources Inc: AEM, AMag (T-4295).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1866 42A11NW0615 42A11NW0615
T-0560 42A13SE0382 42A13SE0382
T-4295 42A11NW2010 42A11NW2010
T-1866 42A12NE0524 42A12NE0524

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided 1 Serpentinized Spinifex Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangueDisseminated
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangueDisseminated
SerpentineAlterationSerpentinization1Strong

Mineralization Comments

Dec 16, 2010 (P Bousquet) - Hole M3 -1- 73 (az. 180, dip -55) intersected serpentinized komatiites disseminated sulphides (pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite) which brought back assays of 1020 ppm Ni (from 347.8 to 348.2ft), 1380 ppm Ni (from 373.8 to 374.2ft), 1470 ppm Ni (399.2 to 399.6ft), 1600 ppm Ni (414.6 to 415ft) and 1740 ppm Ni (429 to 429.4ft, T-560, DCL TI-2164)



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Timmins data series, Macdiarmid Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0730 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1972

Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A., Carey E.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Loveland and Macdiarmid townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2288 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1974

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Magnetic survey of Loveland and Macdiarmid townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: GPR02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Middleton R.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Part - Geology of the Robb-Jamieson area

Publication Number: ARV53-04.001 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Berry L.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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