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Record: MDI52L06NE00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alcock-Mosher-Showing A - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2024-Mar-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium



Location

Township or Area: Reynar Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 28' 4.36"    Longitude: -95° 0' 39.37"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 357291.15   Northing: 5592585.68    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L06NE

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1953: trenching, sampling and geophysical survey. 129m of DD in 2 holes. Grab samples assayed: 1.56% Ni and 0.65% Cu; 1.17% Ni and 2.83% Cu. Best drill intersections assayed: 0.21% Ni and 0.39% Cu over 1.8m; 0.15% Ni and 0.03% Cu over 1.5m.1954-55: geophysical survey. Unknown amount of DD in 8 holes. Drilling intersected mineralized peridotite, no assays reported.1970-71: geophysical and geological surveys.1975: geophysical survey.1991: geophysical and geological survey.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
18, Selco N-1 52L06NE0015 52L06NE0015



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PentlanditeEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 03, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected in 1953 assayed: 1.56% Ni and 0.65% Cu; 1.17% Ni and 2.83% Cu. Best drill intersections assayed: 0.21% Ni and 0.39% Cu over 1.8m; 0.15% Ni and 0.03% Cu over 1.5m.


Mar 27, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Cobalt best values are 0.1% in DDH 2 and 0.04% in DDH 3B (52L06NE0015).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion

References

Mono - Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc deposits in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC001 Page: 36  Date: 1954

Author: Thomson J.E., Carlson H.D., Ferguson S.A., Pye E.G., Savage W.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Stull Lake-Sachigo River area, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion), Ontario

Publication Number: ARM46C Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J., Meen V.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Stull Lake area

Publication Number: ARV46-04.001 Page: 2  Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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