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Record: MDI42A14NE00076

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shell Canada DDH 7602-78-30a - 1978, Shell Anomaly I, Grid 16-17S - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2004-Dec-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-14
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Reaume

Latitude: 48° 1' .62"    Longitude: -81° 10' 55.69"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 486417.859   Northing: 5318187.987    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 25S/1+73.5 m W on former claim P492406

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The property is located approximately 50 km north of Timmins and 15 km southwest of Cochrane. It can be accessed by travelling south from highway 11 on the Dunn Lake Road. A logging road which turns off the Dunn Lake Road runs along the south edge of the survey area.



Exploration History

1977-78: Shell Canada Resources Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (123.14 m). 1987: Imperial Platinum Corp. - ground geophysics, mapping.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1906
T-2955

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Mudstone 1 Graphitic Argillite Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Flow Footwall
Ultramafic Schist 3 Talc-Chlorite Hanging Wall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill hole intersected a sequence of intermediate metavolcanic flows and talc-actinolite-chlorite-sericite schist. Narrow pyrite laminations are seen throughout.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 0.8 m section of drill core returned 0.03% Cu, 0.03% Zn and 0.12% Ni.



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Timmins Drill Core Library File TI-0221

Publication Number: core lib Date: 1978

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP


File - Resident Geologist files T-1906, T-2955

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Quaternary geology of the Dundalk area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P0727 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1997

Author: Gwyn Q.H.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Reaume Township

Publication Number: P0013 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. 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: 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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