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| Record Name(s) | Falconbridge-Denmark Lake - 1957 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Feb-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Apr-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Atikwa Lake Area
Latitude: 49° 22' 35.73" Longitude: -93° 36' 11.37"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 456217.17 Northing: 5469495.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F05NE
Point Location Description: Approximate location, symbol No 7 (Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. [1957] on Map M2273.
Location Method: Data Compilation
1957-1989: Falconbridge Limited- diamond drilling (5 DDH), ground magnetic and electrical surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.895 | 52F05NE0052 | 52F05NE0052 |
| 2.12815 | 52F05SE0505 | 52F05SE0505 |
| 27 | 52F05NE0042 | 52F05NE0042 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Kakagi-Rowan Lakes
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pyroxenite | 1 | Pyroxene, serpentine with hematite staining | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbro | 2 | Labradorite, hornblende | Fine Grained | Host |
| Mafic Schist | 3 | Talc chlorite schist | Contains | |
| Granite | 4 | Contains | ||
| Diorite | 5 | Diorite and quartz diorite | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copper | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Serpentine | Alteration |
Aug 05, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Native copper specks fond in the aplite zone in DDH D-5. (52F05NE0147). OGS staff samples 596 and 597 from stop 28 returned 402 ppm and 561 ppm Nickel. (OFR6079).
Map - Atikwa Lake, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2273 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1973
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Atikwa Lake area, District of Kenora
Publication Number: R111 Page: 49 Date: 1973
Author: Davies J.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2001, Resident Geologist Program, Red Lake Regional Resident Geologist Report: Red Lake and Kenora Districts
Publication Number: OFR6079 Page: 26 Date: 2002
Author: Lichtblau A.F., Hinz P., Ravnaas C., Storey C.C., Kosloski L., Raoul A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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