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| Record Name(s) | Teck DDH Mac96-08 - 1996, Teck Grid H-East - 1995 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Strachan
Latitude: 48° 34' 1.56" Longitude: -82° 14' 46.68"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 408056 Northing: 5380084 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B09SE
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 38+00E/7+25S on Teck grid on claim 1200546
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drive the Montcalm Mine Road, and cross the Groundhog River Bridge. Travel west on the road for 5.21 km. Take the northwest branch at the fork. Travel another 11.5 km on the road towards Nova Township. The site should be just off the road by the Nova-Strachan township boundary.
1965: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - airborne geophysics, Comp. 1991-97: Outokumpu Mines Inc. – Comp. 1995-97: Teck Exploration Ltd. - ground geophysics, 1 ddh (218 m). 2004-05: Falconbridge Ltd. – AEM, AMag. 2008: Xstrata Nickel Ltd. – EM.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-1174 / 63.1683 | 42B09NE0016 | 42B09NE0016 |
| T-3741 / 2.17524 | 42B09NE0023 | 42B09NE0023 |
| T-3741 / 2.16381 | 42B09NE0020 | 42B09NE0020 |
| T-5892 / 2.41334 | 20000003910 | 20000003910 |
| T-5151 / 2.29770 | 20000000376 | 20000000376 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2705 +/-2 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of medium-grained peridotite and pyroxenite. Locally the rocks are serpentinized and chloritized.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Aug 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Nickel values throughout the length of the drill hole ranges from 821 ppm to 1560 ppm Ni in samples of 0.7 to 3 metres.
Aug 15, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The presence of magnetite stringers was observed in the core in various places.
File - Resident Geologist files T-1044
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Nova and Strachan townships, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2182 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R300 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Strachan Township
Publication Number: M2643 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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
Location:
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:
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:
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
Location:
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
Location:
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