Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | N. Kuneman - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Jun-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Palladium
Township or Area: Pardee
Latitude: 48° 2' 25.09" Longitude: -89° 41' 14.88"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 299690.84 Northing: 5324274.34 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A04SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Pre-1968: trenching and stripping was conducted on the three showings. 2007: Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. completed a helicopter-borne EM and magnetic geophysical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.40191 | 20000003761 | 20000003761 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Granular Textured Olivine Diabase Dyke | Host |
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| Mudstone | 2 | Shale | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Olivine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Clinopyroxene | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Plagioclase | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 01, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Two showings, relatively small in size, are located along the contacts of the dyke, one on the north side, the other on the south side. The mineralized zone within the diabase dyke, about 0.6-0.9 m wide, is charactersized in thin section by disseminated specks of nickeliferous pyrrhotite with some chalcopyrite associated and intergrown with iron oxide grains, forming 15-20% of the rock and displaying a patchy distribution. The sulphide minerals are predominantly interstitial to and molded upon the silicate minearls. A sample of mineralized rock returned an assay of 0.15% Cu and 0.10% Ni with a trace of Pd. A grab sample taken by J.J.C. Geul assayed 0.20% Cu and 0.14% Ni. A third showing is about 152 m west of the others, near the southern scarp formed by the dyke. Trench material consists of altered medium- to coarse-grained dyke rock with weathered sulphide materials. Two grab samples of gossan material taken by J.J.C. Geul assayed 0.51% Cu and 0.24% Ni (Geul, 1970).
MonoMap - Geology of Devon and Pardee townships and the Stuart Location, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: R087 Scale: Date: 1970
Author: Geul J.J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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