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Record: MDI42B09NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hollinger DDH MP1-2-78 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Montcalm

Latitude: 48° 41' 41.5"    Longitude: -82° 5' 50.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 419238   Northing: 5394117    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B09NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 55+00S/4+00W on former claim P.487038

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1965: Keevil Mining Group Inc. – Comp, GL. 1977: Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1977-78: Hollinger Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (535 ft). 1990: Timmins Nickel Inc. - airborne geophysics. 2004-05: Falconbridge Ltd. – AEM, AMag.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1850 / 2.2546 42B16SE0006 42B16SE0006
T-5151 / 2.29770 20000000376 20000000376
T-3409 / 2.13777 42B09NE0001 42B09NE0001
T-1804 / 2.2492 42B16SE0004 42B16SE0004
T-1850 42B09NE0005 42B09NE0005

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host

Lithology Comments

Aug 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a thick sequence of medium to coarse-grained gabbro. Below about 250 ft, the gabbro contains diorite and andesite interbeds or inclusions.




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 in the drill hole returned 690 ppm Ni and 140 ppm Cu.


Aug 15, 2014 (P Bousquet) - This hole also has assays of 0.01 and 0.015 oz/t Au from the coarse-altered gabbro and the diabasic gabbro (T-1850).



Mineral Record Details

References

Core - Core Library

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Location: Timmins RGP


File - Resident Geologist files T-1044

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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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Map - Geological compilation series, Pamour sheet, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0698 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bright E.G., Hunt D.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: R300 Page: 49  Date: 1997

Author: MacTavish A.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, Operation Chapleau, Horwood Lake sheet, districts of Algoma, Cochrane, and Sudbury

Publication Number: P0673 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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Map - Elsas sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0271 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Groundhog-Kamiskotia area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40C Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Graham A.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Belford and Montcalm townships, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2181 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Township

Publication Number: M2641 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1997

Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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