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Record: MDI42F03NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Foch River - 1967, Aquarius Claim Group - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Foote

Latitude: 49° 10' 19.89"    Longitude: -85° 23' 25.37"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 617323   Northing: 5447845.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 42F03NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of drill collars

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description:



Exploration History

1963: Delmico Mines Limited – ground geophysics. 1967-68: Falconbridge Nickel Company Limited – ground geophysics, DD-2-501 ft. 1984: Noranda Exploration Company Limited – airborne geophysics. 1984: North American Mining Exploration Limited – airborne geophysics. 1992: Chong and Myers – prospecting. 2001: Freewest Resources Canada Inc. – prospecting, sampling


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.7832 42F03NW0004 42F03NW0004
2.6693 42F06SW0001 42F06SW0001
2.7961 42F06SW0005 42F06SW0005
10 42F03NW0016 42F03NW0016
2.22960 42F03NW2001 42F03NW2001
63.1696 42F04NE0014 42F04NE0014
63.1259 42F06SW0004 42F06SW0004
OP92-369 42F03NW0002 42F03NW0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Wawa

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Manitouwadge-Hornepayne

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Garnet-Quartz-Amphibolite-Biotite-Feldspar Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - Mineralization occurs in narrow beds of garnet-quartz-amphibolte-biotite-quartz-feldspar schist which is interbedded with felsic garnet-amphibole-biotite –quartz-feldspar schist.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2GalenaEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - Two visible mineralized beds averaged 4 inches in width and could be traced for 150 t along strike. A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1967 assayed 0.56% Cu, 0.15 oz/t Ag and trace amounts of Au, Pb, Ni and V. Freewest grab sample 13372, collected from the same vicinity as the Falconbridge drill hole, assayed 263 ppm Co, 3437 ppm Cu and 737 ppm Ni.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Replacement

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Granitehill Lake area, districts of Algoma and Thunder Bay

Publication Number: R095 Page: 27  Date: 1972

Author: Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Granitehill Lake area, Thunder Bay and Algoma districts

Publication Number: M2219 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1972

Author: Giguere J.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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