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Record: MDI42G09NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shell DH 7608-78-6 - 1978
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Nov-01
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Guilfoyle

Latitude: 49° 43' 45.1"    Longitude: -82° 24' 14.45"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 398816   Northing: 5509468    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42G09NW

Point Location Description: Collar of drillhole DH 7608-78-6

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1978: Shell Canada Resources Limited - DD-81.1 m (log notes hole was drilled on Anomaly B so earlier geophysical survey is inferred, but not on file) (Core donation file TI0270).


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz - Biotite Near

Lithology Comments

Apr 11, 2014 (D Draper) - Drillhole bearing Grid S, dipping 50º, to depth of 81.08m. Hole intersected quartz-biotite gneiss, pegmatite and a 0.72m zone of massive sulphides (at 45.41m - 46.13m).




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 11, 2014 (D Draper) - - Massive sulphide zone contains 90% sulphides (banded, but not intergrown, po and py) with minor quartz, chlorite, calcite, plagioclase and garnet. The 0.72m zone assayed 0.05% nickel. (This was the best nickel assay of the 9 holes drilled in Guilfoyle during the 7608 program.).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-3103

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


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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