Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Northern Canada Mines DDH 4-2 - 1957, Ebbs - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Aug-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Iron
Township or Area: Ebbs
Latitude: 49° 19' 41.96" Longitude: -83° 47' 43.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 296900 Northing: 5467714 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42G05SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim SSM46486
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south from Hearst along the Caithness Road.
1955- 1957: Northern Canada Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, mapping, ground geophysics, DD-5-2279 ft. 1986: Kaphearst Resources Corp. - airborne geophysics, mapping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2216/63.770 | 42G05SW0007 | 42G05SW0007 |
| T-3128/ 2.9876 | 42G05SW0002 | 42G05SW0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz-Biotite | Host |
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| Schist-Unsubdivided | 2 | Graphitic | Near | |
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 3 | Sericite-Hornblende | Near |
Apr 14, 2014 (A Wilson) - Sulphides were found continuously for 473 ft of core. Sulphides comprise more than 20% of the core from 405 to 465 ft. Some hornblende and garnet rich paragneisses and almost pure quartzite are found in association with the quartz paragneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A 3 ft section of drill core returned an assay of 0.04% Ni.
| 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:
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: 7 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 25-26 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Core - Timmins Drill Core Library
Publication Number: DRILL CORE Date: 1901
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO
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:
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