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Record: MDI42G07NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Jackpot Showing - 1956
Related Record Type	Simple
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	2002-Jan-08
Date Last Modified	2022-Jan-05
Created By	A Wilson
Revised By	A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper

Location

Township or Area: Parnell

Latitude: 49° 24' 46.01" Longitude: -82° 55' 42.16"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 360126.9 Northing: 5475132.13 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G07NW

Point Location Description: Pits in NW corner of former claim 82703

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by driving south along the Fergus road from highway 11 for 2 miles and then 6 miles east along a disused forestry road.

Exploration History

1956-76: A. Castonguay - ground geophysics, trenching, sampling, 1 ddh (324 ft). 1991-93: Stewart and Mussely - trenching, stripping.

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
T-3473 / 63.6332	42G07NW0001	42G07NW0001
T-3473 / W9360.00204	42G07NW5000	42G07NW5000
T-1512	42G07NE0006	42G07NE0006

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Sandstone	1	Greywacke		Host

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Grab samples returned the following range of values: 0.10% - 0.25% Zn; nil to 0.05% Ni and nil to 0.10% Cu.

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

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

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