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Record: MDI42I08NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Argor DDH K-1 - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2002-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By D Draper

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Partridge Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 22' 59.39"    Longitude: -80° 19' 17.33"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 548239.68   Northing: 5581454.06    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42I08NW

Point Location Description: Drill collar at 20N/6+20W on former Argor grid, west of Partridge Lake

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: The site is accessible by air from Timmins.



Exploration History

1969-71: Argor Explorations Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, 1 ddh (505 ft).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-1061 / 83.1-46 / 42I10NW0002 20000004965 20000004965

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Opatica

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a thick sequence of amphibolite that has been interpreted to be a mafic tuff. The amphibolite contains bands of massive sulphides up to 5 ft thick.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 0.14% Cu and 0.01% Ni over 4 inches.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Coral Rapids-Cochrane sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District

Publication Number: M2161 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1969

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Bedrock geology of Ontario, east-central sheet

Publication Number: M2543 Scale: 1:1,000,000    Date: 1991

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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