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| Record Name(s) | Norpax Deposit - 1953, Reynar Lake-Almo Lake - 1979 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1979-May-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Nov-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Platinum Metals
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Reynar Lake Area
Latitude: 50° 28' 2.07" Longitude: -95° 1' 3.98"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 356804 Northing: 5592528 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52L06NE
Point Location Description: vertical shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
1953: Selco Exploration Company Ltd. conducted trenching, sampling and geophysical surveys and drilled 8 DDH totalling 2000 ft. 1954-57: Norpax Mines and Oils Ltd. acquired the property and conducted an unknown amount of DD. Underground development and exploration. Three compartment shaft sunk to 123 m with levels established at 76 m and 114 m. 1957: Norpax changed its name to Norpax Nickel Mines Ltd. 1962: Nickel Mining and Smelting Corp dewatered the workings; underground sampling conducted. 1970: geophysical and geological surveys. 1977: 538 m of DD in 2 holes. 1988: 59 m of DD in one hole. 2001: Atikwa optioned the property. 2001-04: Atikwa flew helicopter-borne magnetic and EM surveys and conducted prospecting and sampling. 2003: Atikwa drilled 5 DDH. 2009: Puget Ventures optioned the property from Harper Capital Inc. and drilled 4 DDH totalling 1403 m. 2010: Claim converted to lease.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | 52L06NE0015 | 52L06NE0015 |
| 63.468 | 52L06NE0029 | 52L06NE0029 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: English River
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent | ||
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 3 | Near | ||
| Paragneiss | 4 | Near |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pentlandite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Violarite | Economic | Ore |
Oct 31, 2014 (A Wilson) - Underground sampling returned an average grade of 1.32% Ni and 0.85% Cu over an average width of 3.6m on the 76m level. On the 114m level sampling returned 1.23% Ni and 0.99% Cu over 8.1m.
Jun 29, 2015 (C Ravnaas) - Sulphide mineralization delineated along a 427 m strike length. Mineralization hosted in ultramafic rocks. Underground sampling returned an average grade of 1.32% Ni and 0.85% Cu over an average width of 3.6 m on the 76 m level. On the 114 m level sampling returned 1.23% Ni and 0.99% Cu over 8.1 m.
Jun 29, 2015 (Therese Pettigrew) - Significant results from the 2009 drill program include the following: DDH NPX09001: 0.29% Cu, 0.22% Ni, 0.008 ppm Au over 0.17 m (267.3-269.0 m); 0.10% Cu, 0.25% Ni, 0.071 ppm Pt, 0.228 ppm Pd, 0.009 ppm Au over 3.5 m (276.4-279.9 m); 0.06% Cu, 0.17% Ni, 0.021 ppm Pt, 0.111 ppm Pd, 0.004 ppm Au over 6.7 m (291.4-298.1 m) including 0.02% Cu, 0.13% Ni, 0.650 ppm Pt, 1.707 ppm Pd, 0.020 ppm Au over 0.9 m (292.5-293.7 m) and 0.16% Cu, 0.43% Ni, 0.127 ppm Pt, 0.673 ppm Pd, 0.024 ppm Au over 1.1 m( 297-298.1 m). DDH NPX09003: 0.25% Cu, 0.06% Ni, 0.019 ppm Pt, 0.037 ppm Pd, 0.045 ppm Au over 1.5 m (178-179.5 m). DDH NPX09004: 0.15% Cu, 0.14% Ni, 0.011 ppm Pt, 0.081 ppm Pd, 0.006 ppm Au over 14.1 m (109.6-123.7 m) including 0.28% Cu, 0.36% Cu, 0.034 ppm Pt, 0.243 ppm Pd, 0.017 ppm Au over 4.7 m (119-123.7 m) including 0.47% Cu, 0.42% Ni, 0.050 ppm Pt, 0.623 ppm Pd, 0.206 ppm Au over 1.5 m (119-120.5 m); 0.03% Cu, 0.05% Ni, 0.321 ppm Pt, 1.295 ppm Pd, 0.030 ppm Au over 1.5 m (146-147.5 m); 0.23% Cu, 0.04% Ni, 0.026 ppm Au over 3.0 m (158-161 m) (Harper, 2011). Mineralized peridotite occurs at intervals along a major E-W fault zone which extends from Werner Lake on the east to Rayner Lake on the west and passes under the northern part of Almo Lake. The country rocks cut by the fault are granitic and quartz diorite rocks which contain numerous inclusions of paragneiss. The peridotite occurs along the fault in discontinuous bodies with widths up to 100 ft. The sulphides including pyrrhotite, pentlandite, violarite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite occur mainly in the peridotite (Shklanka, 1969).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Norpax | 1964 | Unclassified | 1010000 | Canadian Mines Handbook 1963, p. 215 | Historic resource | Copper 0.5 %, Nickel 1.2 % |
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 172 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1957
Publication Number: ARV67-02 Page: 124 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Werner Lake-Rex Lake area
Publication Number: ARV66-04 Page: 25-27 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1956
Publication Number: ARV66-02 Page: 119 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 21 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
Location:
Journal - Canadian Mining Journal, April 1956, p 89
Publication Number: CMJ1956 Date: 1956
Author:
Publisher Name: Canadian Mining Journal
Location:
Publication - Werner Lake Mineral Belt Properties, Kenora Mining Division, Ontario
Publication Number: Tech Rep Date: 2011
Author: Harper, G.
Publisher Name: Puget Ventures Inc.
Location: Global Cobalt Corp website
Publication - Copper-Nickel-Cobalt-Chromium-Platinum Group Element Potential in English River Subprovince; In: Recommendations for Exploration, 2009-2010, p. 4
Publication Number: 2009 Rec Ex Date: 2010
Author: Ravnaas, C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey Resident Geologist Program
Location: https://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/sites/default/files/article_files/recommendations_for_exploration_2009_2010.pdf
MonoMap - Geology of Nickel-Copper-Chromite Deposits and Cobalt-Copper Deposits at Werner-Rex-Bug Lakes, English River Subprovince, Northwestern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5975 Date: 1998
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Werner Lake-English River Area
Publication Number: M2516 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1997
Author: Beakhouse G.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Werner Lake-Rex Lake area (west sheet), District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario
Publication Number: M1957-02 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Detailed Precambrian Geology, Alteration and Mineralization of the Almo Lake Area, English River Subprovince
Publication Number: P3313 Scale: 1:4,800 Date: 1995
Author: Parker J.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Operation Kenora-Sydney Lake, Umfreville-Separation lakes sheet, District of Kenora
Publication Number: P1028 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1975
Author: Breaks F.W., Bond W.D., McWilliams G.H., Gower C.F., Findlay D.C., Stone D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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