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Record: MDI52L06NE00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Alcock-Mosher-Showing D - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Reynar Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 28' 4.77"    Longitude: -95° 2' 30.65"

UTM Zone: 15    Easting: 355098   Northing: 5592658    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Kenora

NTS Grid: 52L06NE

Point Location Description: Transfer

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1953: trenching, sampling, geophysical survey. 176 m of DD in 3 holes. 1954-55: geophysical surveys and 1119 m of DD in 14 holes. 1962: geophysical surveys. 1970-71: geophysical and geological surveys. 1975: geophysical surveys. 1991: geological and geophysical surveys.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
SELCO N-1 52L06NE0015 52L06NE0015



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

Jul 27, 2022 (Q Unknown) - Best assays: 0.28% Ni, 0.04% Cu, 0.02% Co over 60 inches on surface. 1953 drilling intersected bio-talc-chl schist and mineralized peridotite. 1955 drilling best intersections assayed 0.83% Ni, 0.48% Cu over 3.8m. Mineralization consisted of up to 3% pyrrhotite.



Mineral Record Details

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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Part - Geology of the Werner Lake-Rex Lake area

Publication Number: ARV66-04 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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