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Record: MDI42A14SW00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inco DDH 25047 - 1965
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Aug-13
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Lucas

Latitude: 48° 48' 33.85"    Longitude: -81° 16' 15.36"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 480107.688   Northing: 5406303.801    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A14SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar for Inco DDH 25047

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter from Timmins.



Exploration History

1963-66: Abitibi Price Inc. and International Nickel Co. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (448 ft). 1972: McIntyre Porcupine Mines - airborne geophysics. 1978: Shell Canada Resources - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (185.9 m).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
68.4819 42A14SW0011 42A14SW0011
63.4838 42A14SE0106 42A14SE0106
T-1905, 2.2829 42A15NW0008 42A15NW0008
T-726, 10 42A14SW0475 42A14SW0475
2.2574, T-1905 42A14SE0080 42A14SE0080

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Intermediate flow breccia 1 Graphitic Brecciated Host
Felsic lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Rhyolite Footwall

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of felsic to intermediate metavolcanics.




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) - The best assay was 0.18% Cu and Ni combined over 2.1 feet from intermediate metavolcanics.



Mineral Record Details

References

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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