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Record: MDI42A15SW00033

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inco DDH 6235 - 1947, Devonshire Property - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Aug-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-10
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: McCart

Latitude: 48° 47' 19.97"    Longitude: -80° 56' 21.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 504457.661   Northing: 5403988.773    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A15SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim 27703

Location Method: Other Literature

Access Description: The site is accessible via highway 11. The site is located approximately at the junction between highway 567 and highway 11, roughly 7 km west of Iroquois Falls. A gravel road south of Nellie Lake runs westward from highway 11 for approximately 5 km from the junction. The drill site is accessible via a series of old forestry access roads northwest from this road.



Exploration History

1947-50: International Nickel Co. - 2 ddh (768 ft), ground geophysics. 1950-53: Dominion Gulf Co. - ground geophysics, mapping, 1 ddh (562 ft). 1981: Norcen Energy Resources - ground geophysics. 1985: Angela Developments - airborne geophysics. 1996: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-268, 16 42A15SW0120 42A15SW0120

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 Serpentinized Near
Schist-Unsubdivided 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of serpentinized peridotite and mafic schist.




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 3 ft section of core returned an assay of 0.24% Cu and 0.10% Ni.



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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File - Resident Geologist files T-421, T-2438, T-2744, T-3740

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - McCart Township

Publication Number: P0016 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1999

Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.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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