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| Record Name(s) | North Rankin Mines DDH 66-3 - 1966 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Moberly
Latitude: 48° 47' 6.51" Longitude: -81° 45' 27.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 444347.42 Northing: 5403848.37 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A13SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P.61690; at 7+25N/4+00W on N. Rankin grid
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1965-66: North Rankin Nickel Mines - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (578 ft). 2008: Rykala Resources Inc. – IP, Lc, Mag.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1048 / | 42A13SE0898 | 42A13SE0898 |
| T-5734 / 2.38333 | 20000003021 | 20000003021 |
| T-1048 / 63.1512 | 42A13SE0897 | 42A13SE0897 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic Tuff-Breccia | 1 | Tuff, Breccia | Hanging Wall |
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| Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Rhyolite | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of rhyolite breccia, rhyolitic tuff, diorite and rhyolite flows. The conductor is attributed to a zone of massive sulphides within the rhyolite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The rhyolitic units returned assays ranging from 0.01% Cu over 5 ft to 0.07% Cu over 3 ft.
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-3339 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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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Location:
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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