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Record: MDI42A13NW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Midray Minerals DDH 64-3 - 1964
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1983-Jun-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-23
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Ford

Latitude: 48° 58' 21.62"    Longitude: -81° 56' 9.68"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 431500.032   Northing: 5424839.842    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A13NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 0+00E/5+25 S on Midray grid; former claim P.77714

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Unknown.



Exploration History

1964: Midray Minerals Limited - airborne geophysics, 4 ddh (1487 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1085, 63.1624 42A13NW0101 42A13NW0101
T-1085, 14 42A13NW0008 42A13NW0008

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected medium grained diorite underlying approximately 20 ft of rhyolite. Narrow interdeds of andesite, or fine grained, silicified diorite are found at depth.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
2PyriteEconomicGangue
SilicaAlterationSilicification1WeakVeins

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned from Midray DDH 64-3 was 0.12% Ni and 1 oz/t Ag over 4.1 ft. Diamond drilling to the NE by Midray returned an assay of 0.08% Cu over 5 ft.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Regional Drill Core Library

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Location: Timmins RGP


Map - Timmins-Kirkland Lake, geological compilation series, Cochrane, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts

Publication Number: M2205 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1973

Author: Pyke D.R., Ayres L.D., Innes D.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

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Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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