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Record: MDI42H12SW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Inco DDH 32329 - 1966, Agate Project - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Oct-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Agate

Latitude: 49° 37' 12.64"    Longitude: -81° 45' 46.18"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 444901.188   Northing: 5496681.137    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42H12SW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 4+00W/1+50N on Inco grid on former claim P.87787

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Access to the property is from highway 11 via Highway 634 to a point aobut 35 km north of Smooth Rock Falls and then for about 25 km west and north along forestry access roads to the claims.



Exploration History

1964-66: International Nickel Co. - airborne geophysics, 1 ddh (420 ft). 1991-92: Inco Ltd. - ground geophysics, OVD (43 ddh, 781.4 m). 2008: Eloro Resources Ltd - airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-3555 / 2.15049 42H12NW8022 42H12NW8022
T-5744 / 2.38287 20000003000 20000003000
T-3555 / W9460-00086 42H12NE0003 42H12NE0003

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Quetico

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Magnetite-Garnet Hanging Wall

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
2ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Assays reported by Inco in 1991 indicate that the 1966 diamond drilling intersected a 0.43 m section of 4.2% Zn. Some gahnite was reported in the drill log.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-1295

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Cochrane sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series

Publication Number: P0372 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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