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| Record Name(s) | Metal Mines DDH 65-3 - 1965 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Calvert
Latitude: 48° 47' 9.68" Longitude: -80° 45' 7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 518221 Northing: 5403699 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A15SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at line 44+00S/18+00 W on former claim 81842/43
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving east from the junction of highway 11 and highway 578 for approximately 4.5 km to a trail heading north. Travel north and west for about 2 km. The drill set up was located on the north side of the trail.
1964-65: Metal Mines Limited - ground geophysics, 3 ddh (1597 ft).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1089 / 63.1453 | 42A10NW0018 | 42A10NW0018 |
| T-1089 / 10 | 42A10NW0015 | 42A10NW0015 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Basalt | Contains |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of pillowed and massive mafic metavolcanics intruded by narrow granitic and lamprophyre dikes. The occurrence is adjacent to the contact of a large granitic intrusion.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 3 ft section of drill core returned an assay of 0.30% Ni and 0.10% Cu.
Map - Timmins data series, Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2306 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0154 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation: Fox, Stimson, Pyne, Mortimer, Sherring, Aurora, Edwards, Wesley, Calvert, Terry and Rickard Townships
Publication Number: P3393 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
Location:
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