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| Record Name(s) | Macfie DDH A-3 - 1955, Multi-Mineral Prospect - 1966 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Dolson
Latitude: 48° 8' 3.52" Longitude: -84° 13' 57.33"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 705891.1 Northing: 5334932.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C01NE
Point Location Description: Drill collar for McFie Exploration DDH A-3
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is most easily accessible by helicopter.
1955: McFie Explorations Ltd. - 5 ddh (1923 ft). 1956: Hopkins Exploration Consultants - airborne geophysics. 1966: Multi-Minerals Ltd. - 4 ddh (468 ft). 1984: Tundra Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Dolson 0017-A1 | 42C01NE0400 | 42C01NE0400 |
| Dolson 0010-A1 | 42C01NE0414 | 42C01NE0414 |
| Dolson 0014-A1 | 42C01NE8670 | 42C01NE8670 |
| Dolson 0015 | 42C01NE8667 | 42C01NE8667 |
| Dolson 0016 | 42C01SE0003 | 42C01SE0003 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Catfish
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR 5888
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chlorite | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated copper and nickel values are returned from chlorite schist which hosts narrow quartz veinlets.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay obtained in ddh A-3 was 0.06% Cu over 4.5 ft. McFie DDH B-1 was drilled approximately 250 m to the south returned assays of 0.07% Cu and 0.03% Ni over 6 ft and 0.04% Cu, 0.02% Ni over 5 ft. Diamond drilling completed by Multi-Minerals in 1966 returned a best assay of 0.03%Cu, 0.01% Ni, tr Au and nil Ag over 5.5 ft.
Map - Geological compilation series, Wawa sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0640 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Leahy E.J., Rupert R.J., Giblin P.E., Giguere J.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Matchinameigus Lake, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2483 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 76 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Matchinameigus Lake area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R233 Page: 34 Date: 1983
Author: Downes M.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 166 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - Dolson Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF298 Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 15 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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