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Record: MDI42G06NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) International Nickel DDH42684-0 - 1974, Shearer-Parnell Occurrence - 1967, South Crow Property - 1998
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Aug-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Shearer

Latitude: 49° 23' 28.93"    Longitude: -83° 7' 6.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 346275   Northing: 5473122    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G06NE

Point Location Description: Iron formation on Shearer-Parnell Tp boundary; exposed outcrop on forestry road

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is accessible via the Fergus Road southwest from Highway 11.



Exploration History

1971: Canadian Nickel Company Ltd. - 1 DDH (334 ft). 1998-99: Gemcal Prospecting Syndicate - heavy mineral sampling.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4478 / 2.20632 42G06NE2001 42G06NE2001
T-0621 / donation 42G06NE0001 42G06NE0001

Geology

Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sulphide Ironstone 1 Sulphide-Facies Host
Sandstone 2 Greywacke Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling in the vicinity has intersected mineralized interbeds of mafic metavolcanic rocks and greywacke.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2PyrrhotiteEconomicGangue
3SphaleriteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

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: 10  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: 127  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Operation Kapuskasing

Publication Number: MP010 Page: 56  Date: 1967

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.

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:


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