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Record Name(s) | Falconbridge DDH New-12-01 - 1995 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2002-Aug-13 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Township or Area: Newmarket
Latitude: 48° 48' 14.31" Longitude: -80° 54' 38.01"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 506567.664 Northing: 5405668.781 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A15SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 6+0N/3+20E on claim P1200951
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the grid is by fixed wing aircraft from Timmins to Devonshire Lake. A shore 25 m walk acess the central edge of the grid.
1995-96: Falconbridge Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (173 m).
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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T-3738, 2.16312 | 42A15SW0033 | 42A15SW0033 |
T-3738, W9660-00326 | 42A15SW0060 | 42A15SW0060 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2706 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: MP 169 P. 75
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling interseted a thick sequence of massive, coarse-grained peridotite. Narrow serpentine veins containing native copper cross cut the peridotite at depth.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 2480 ppm Ni over 3 m in drill core.
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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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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