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| Record Name(s) | Northern Canada Mines DDH 2-3 - 1957 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Nov-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Talbott
Latitude: 49° 14' 54.55" Longitude: -83° 54' 32.12"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 288308 Northing: 5459152 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G04NW
Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim P46473
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by winter road from the railway.
1956-57: Northern Canada Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping, DD-3-668.1 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2216 | 42G05SW0007 | 42G05SW0007 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Paragneiss | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Elevated base metal values were obtained from narrow sulphide-rich partings within quartz-biotite paragneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Ten samples collected from the core returned assays up to nil Au, 0.17% Cu, 0.08% Ni and 1.25% Zn. The high zinc value reportedly came from a 4 inch section of drill core. Sphalerite occurs as ¾ inch masses making up to 10% of the core over 0.4 ft.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Hearst sheet, districts of Cochrane and Algoma, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0397 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Hearst-Kapuskasing sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma and Cochrane districts
Publication Number: M2166 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 42G - 7 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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