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Record: MDI42A13SE00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Falconbridge RE52-01 - 1999
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Reid

Latitude: 48° 46' 14.6"    Longitude: -81° 33' 37.11"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 458830   Northing: 5402120    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A13SE

Point Location Description: Collar of diamond drill-hole RE51-1.

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Unknown.



Exploration History

1964: Mespi Mines Ltd. – AEM, AMag. 1964-65: Canadian Javelin Ltd.- AEM, AMag, EM, Mag. 1966-68: Mespi Mines Ltd. – DD, EM, Grav, Mag. 1971-72: Newmont Mining Corp. – AMag, ARAD, IP. 1998-99: Falconbridge Limited – EM, Mag. 1999: Falconbridge Limited - drilled RE52-01 to follow-up a spectrEM anomaly. Prospectors Alliance Corporation – Comp, Rept.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-0040 / 2.591 42A13SE0085 42A13SE0085
T-0040 / 2.1094 42A13SE0083 42A13SE0083
T-0741 / 63.1327 42A13SE0096 42A13SE0096
T-0741 / 63.1806 42A13SE0100 42A13SE0100
T-0741 / 63.1967 42A13SE0097 42A13SE0097
T-0741 / 63.2096 42A13SW0091 42A13SW0091
T-0787 / 63.1327 42A13SE0096 42A13SE0096
T-0935 / 63.1552 42A13SE0106 42A13SE0106
T-4331 / 2.20041 42A13SE2004 42A13SE2004
T-4205 / 2.19500 42A14SW2005 42A14SW2005

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Kidd-Munro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Geology Comments

Oct 03, 2014 (G Seim) - Strip log for RE52-01 --- 0 - 52 m overburden, 52 - 117.4 m mafic volcanic, 117.4 - 131.4 m transition mafic to ultramafic volcanic rocks, 131.40-137.90 m interflow sediments, 137.90-184.60 m ultramafic flows, 184.60-187.90 m interflow sediments, 187.90-194.00 m ultramafic rock, 194.00 End of hole.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Graphitic Argilite Host
Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 3 Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (G Seim) - Assay interval 185.3 - 186.5 m (1.20 m) returned 825 ppm Cu, 5150 ppm Zn, 47 ppm Pb, 653 ppm Ni, <0.2 ppb Au and 0.4 ppm Ag.


Oct 03, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The hole also returned assays showing anomalous nickel grades. The highest grade is 1620 ppm Ni over 1.50 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-4516

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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