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Record: MDI42A14NE00072

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ward DDH Opap 1995 - 1995
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Sep-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Apr-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Chromium



Location

Township or Area: Mann

Latitude: 48° 52' 21.85"    Longitude: -81° 2' 12.16"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 497308.108   Northing: 5413309.11    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar in SE 1/4, South half lot 9 concession 6, former claim P1180028

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is accessible by driving south from Cochrane via highway 11 for 25 km and then westward for 12 km along a gravel road along concession5/6 in Newmarket and Mann Tp.



Exploration History

1993-95 J. and D. Ward - ground geophysics, gravity survey, geochemistry, 1 ddh (152 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3461, OP93-517 42A15NW0018 42A15NW0018
T-3461, 2.16034 42A15NW0013 42A15NW0013
T-3461, 2.17406 42A15NW0025 42A15NW0025

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean   Geochronological Age: 2706 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: MP 169 P. 75



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of serpentinized ultramafic flows and underlying dacite to andesite flows and tuffs. Some narrow graphitic argillites are found interbedded within the andesitic flows.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 10 cm section of drill core returned 0.145% Ni and 0.18% Cr in peridotite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Article - The Kidd-Munro extension project: results of U-Pb geochronology for Year 1

Publication Number: MP169.012 Date: 1998

Author: Barrie C.T., Corfu F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation: Brower, Duff, Fournier, Hanna, Lamarche, Little, Mann, McCart, Newmarket, Reaume, St. John and Tully Townships

Publication Number: P3391 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1999

Author: Barrie C.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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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