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| Record Name(s) | Inco DDH 27068 - 1965, Home Oil DDH AB-82-01 - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Aug-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Palladium, Platinum
Township or Area: Lucas
Latitude: 48° 48' 59.1" Longitude: -81° 15' 10.52"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 481432.8 Northing: 5407078.9 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A14SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar for Inco DDH 27068 NE1/4, N 1/2 L 5 C 2
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter from Timmins.
1963-66: Abitibi Price Inc. and International Nickel Co. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (632 ft). 1972: McIntyre Porcupine Mines - airborne geophysics. 1981-82: Home Oil - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (491 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2411, 2.4629 | 42A14SW0010 | 42A14SW0010 |
| T-0726, 10 | 42A14SW0475 | 42A14SW0475 |
| 63.4838 | 42A14SE0106 | 42A14SE0106 |
| 63.4819 | 42A14SW0011 | 42A14SW0011 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Dacite | Sheared | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of sheared dacite. The uppper section of the drill hole shows moderate graphite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 2.5 ft section of drill core returned an assay of 0.002 ppm Pd and 0.002 ppm Pt from sheared dacite. The Home Oil drill hole returned a best assay of 0.02% Zn and 0.01% Ni over 10 ft in graphite schist.
Book - Core
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Location: Timmins RGP
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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