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MDI52F10NW00117
| Record Name(s) | Pidgeon - Contact Bay - 1956 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Feb-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Contact Bay Area
Latitude: 49° 41' 41.38" Longitude: -92° 47' 10.43"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 515417 Northing: 5504723 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52F10NW
Point Location Description: Sample 627809 from AFRI 52F10NW2003
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Access to the property is by a 20-30 minute boat ride from the public dock in Dryden.
1957: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. conducted ground magnetic and EM surveys, and drilled 8 DDH totalling 884.8 m. 1964-5: G.L. Pidgeon conducted stripping and trenching. 1965: Newconex Mines Ltd. conducted an EM survey. 1990: Grand Oakes Exploration Inc. conducted soil and rock sampling, and magnetic and EM surveys 2001: Atikwa Minerals Ltd. conducted geological mapping and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 52F10NW0091 | 52F10NW0091 |
| 2.23076 | 52F10NW2003 | 52F10NW2003 |
| 2.13921 | 52F10NW0055 | 52F10NW0055 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Precambrian
Apr 15, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - Disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite occur in schistose mafic rock of Early Precambrian age. (Kenora AF 52F10NW, E-1 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro |
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| Mafic Schist | 2 | Chlorite Schist | Host |
Apr 15, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - The sulphides recognized are pyrrhotite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and possibly pentlandite. Certain lenses of rock in the pit do not contain much sulphide but these lenses are small. Some sulphides, particularly chalcopyrite, are associated with small quartz filled veinlets. Gash fractures filled by quartz and carbonate do not contain any sulphides. The sulphides disseminated in the altered gabbro are finer grained and more unifo~ distributed in the southwest part of the pit but the total sulphide content is probably about the same as in the northeast part where the sulphides are coarser. (Kenora AF 52F10NW, E-1 Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue |
Apr 15, 2010 (J Bongfelt) - A number of chip samples were taken from all exposed bedrock in the pit except the southwesternmost edge. The combined chips assayed 0.76% Cu and 0.29% Nibut contained less than 0.05% Co. Other samples taken by Mr. Pidgeon and several companies contained very similar amounts of copper and nickel but one sample contained 5 dollars per ton cobalt. (Kenora Property Visit File, 52F/10NW00117, Pidgeon)
Nov 24, 2017 (Therese Pettigrew) - Holes drilled by Falconbridge contained 1-8% sulphides including pyrrhotite and pyrite (AFRI 52F10NW0091). On the south shore of Contact Bay, a small island (located approximately at 515400 m E, 5504700 m N) contains disseminated sulphide mineralization (2-4%) of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and pyrrhotite hosted by an altered, medium-grained, actinolitic gabbro. To the south of this island, the peninsula is underlain by leucocratic gabbros on the east and more mafic gabbros on the west. Anomalous platinum/palladium values occur on the island near the south shore of Contact Bay, where up to 73 ppb Pt+Pd was returned. At this location, copper and nickel concentrations up to 0.95% and 0.22%, respectively, were also obtained (AFRI 52F10NW2003).
File - Resident Geologist files 52F10NW, E-1 Falconbridge
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Location: Kenora RGP office
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 165 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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