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| Record Name(s) | Tache Cu-Ni - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Hyndman
Latitude: 49° 32' 53.12" Longitude: -92° 7' 17.53"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 563544.68 Northing: 5488757.929 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F09SE
Point Location Description: Mineral occurrence at surface symbol (Map, GDIF398)
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Hyndman Tp.; 40 kilometres west of Ignace, 610.0 metres south of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
1955: prospecting, stripping and sampling. 1956: Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited (Cominco Ltd.) carried out geological, geophysical surveys, trenching and bulk sampling. 140 m of DD in 3 holes.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 63.768 | 52F09SE0024 | 52F09SE0024 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Terrane: Western Wabigoon
Belt: Eagle-Wabigoon-Manitou
Geological Age: Precambrian
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Sheared, Chloritized, Hornblende-Rich. | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Aug 02, 2022 (Q Unknown) - 1955: Grab samples assayed: 0.26% Cu and 0.15% Ni; 0.19% Cu and 0.05% Ni. 1956 drilling: best intersections assayed: 0.6% Cu and 0.3% Ni over 1.3 m; 0.2% Cu and 0.2% Ni over 2.4 m. Bulk samples assayed 0.21-0.37% Cu and 0.27-0.33% Ni. Mineralization included disseminated pyrrhotite, pyrite and chalcopyrite in a hornblende diorite. Slightly more sulphide is present in sheared chloritized hornblende-rich phases of the diorite.
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 22 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology of the Dyment area
Publication Number: ARV69-06 Page: 28 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 150-151 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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