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Record: MDI42B09NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Stratabound DDH SF-96-2 - 1996
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Belford

Latitude: 48° 42' 28.7"    Longitude: -82° 20' 9.78"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 401709.02   Northing: 5395854.48    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B09NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 2+00W/4+25S on Stratabound grid on claim 1204279

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by air from Timmins, or in winter, overland from a series of logging roads.



Exploration History

1965-1966: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. – Comp. 1977: Asarco Exploration Company Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1996: Stratabound Minerals Corp. - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (2052 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3815 / W9660-00518 42B16SW0010 42B16SW0010
T-3815 / 2.16837 42B16SW0009 42B16SW0009
T-1870 / 2.2499 42B09NW0001 42B09NW0001

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Belford-Montcalm

Geological Age: Archean   Geochronological Age: 2702+/-2 MA   Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300 P. 6



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Claystone 1 Graphitic Host
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of ultramafic metavolcanics, intermediate metavolcanics/tuffs and mafic metavolcanics. The conductor was identified as a graphite sulphide zone at depth.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PentlanditeEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2GraphiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Aug 12, 2014 (A Wilson) - The highest assay was returned from drill hole SF-96-02; 2750 ppm Ni, 444 ppm Cu and 149 ppm Co over 2 feet. It was located in the graphite sulphide zone at depth.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1044

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Precambrian Geology, Belford Township

Publication Number: M2640 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1997

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Belford-Strachan area, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: R078 Date: 1969

Author: Bennett G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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.

Publisher Name:

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: R300 Page: 52  Date: 1997

Author: MacTavish A.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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 - 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

Location:


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