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Record Name(s) | Shell DH 7608-78-6 - 1978 |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 2002-Jan-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
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
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).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Quetico
Geological Age: Archean
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Quartz - Biotite | Near |
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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).
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
3 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
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.).
File - Resident Geologist files T-3103
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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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