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Record: MDI42B09SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Teck DDH Mac96-09 - 1996, Montcalm Grid H-East - 1995
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: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Montcalm

Latitude: 48° 36' 5.89"    Longitude: -82° 11' 21.8"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 412314.19   Northing: 5383856    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42B09SE

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 91+00E/7+75N on Teck grid on claim P1200539

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The eastern part of the property is accessible via the Romeo Malette lumber road that meets highway 101 approximately 10 km west of Timmins city centre.



Exploration History

1965: Keevil Mining Group Inc. – Comp, GL. 1991-97: Outokumpu Mines Inc. - Comp. 1995-97: Teck Corporation Ltd. - ground geophysics, 9 ddh (2130 m). 2005: Pacific North West Capital Corp. – GL, GC, Pr, Samp, Assays. 2006: Pacific North West Capital Corp. - GC.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3741 / 2.17524 42B09NE0023 42B09NE0023
T-5305 / 2.31856 20000001245 20000001245
T-5346 / 2.32280 20000001342 20000001342
T-4068 / 2.18716 42B09NE2002 42B09NE2002
T-4027 / 2.18734 42B09NE2001 42B09NE2001
T-3741 / 2.16381 42B09NE0020 42B09NE0020

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Host
Pyroxenite 3 Pyroxenite Footwall

Lithology Comments

Aug 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - The highest Cu values were returned from a an arrow quartz vein close to the contact between gabbro and pyroxenite. The diamond drill hole intersected a sequence of gabbro to leuco-gabbro overlying a glomeroporphyrytic pyroxenite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyrargyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A quartz vein returned an assay of 3030 ppm Cu and 161 ppm Ni over 0.67 m. The best Cu value from the gabbro returned an assay of 1116 ppm Cu over 0.4 m.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1044, T-5423

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Location: Timmins RGP office


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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MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: R300 Date: 1997

Author: MacTavish A.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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 - 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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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 - 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 - 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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