Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Teck DDH Mac96-06 - 1996, Teck Nova Grid H-West - 1995 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jan-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | P Bousquet |
Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Nova
Latitude: 48° 34' 33.61" Longitude: -82° 17' 41.47"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 404491 Northing: 5381133 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42B09SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar at 5+00E/2+50N on Teck grid on claim 1200551
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access to the site is difficult. It is limited to skidoo access via tributaries of the Ivanhoe and Groundhog rivers in the winter and by canoe or helicopter in the summer.
1956: C. C. Huston and Associates - ground geophysics. 1965-66: Keevil Mining Group Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics. 1995-97: Teck Exploration Ltd. - EM, DD – 18 – 3966m, Assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1174 / 42B09SE0004 | 20000005054 | 20000005054 |
| T-629 / 63.778 | 42B09SW0008 | 42B09SW0008 |
| T-3741 / 2.16381 | 42B09NE0020 | 42B09NE0020 |
| T-3741 / 2.17524 | 42B09NE0023 | 42B09NE0023 |
| T-1174 / 63.1683 | 42B09NE0016 | 42B09NE0016 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Belford-Montcalm
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 2705 +/-2 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GR 300
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Host |
|---|
Jul 30, 2014 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of coarse-grained, strongly magnetic peridotite. The intrusive is altered to serpentine-talc-magnetite-chlorite and carbonate.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Nickel assays range from 868 ppm to 1360 ppm Ni over 1 m in the drill hole.
Jul 30, 2014 (P Bousquet) - The assay intersections are spread throughout the drill hole, varying from 0.5 to 3 metres in apparent thickness.
Map - Precambrian Geology, Nova Township
Publication Number: M2642 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D., Henderson I.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology, Montcalm Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: R300 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: MacTavish A.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
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
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
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
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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