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Nickel Offsets |
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Canada
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Ontario |
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Sudbury |
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PAST PRODUCER
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Surface |
36 km² / 8,846 acres |
Number of claims |
17 |
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Latitude / Longitude |
46 N 45 / 81 W 22 |
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Copper - Nickel -
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Nickel Offsets Project |
| Status Risk : Past producer |
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| Title(s) of the Nickel Offsets Project |
 | United Reef Ltd
Interest: 100% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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 | URSA Major Minerals
Option on interest: 70% |
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| Title | Company Profile | All Projects | Company website | Company project page |
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| United Reef granted URSA Major an
option to earn a 70% interest in United Reef’s 100% owned Nickel Offsets property |
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| Location of the Nickel Offsets Project |
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The Nickel Offsets Property is located in Foy Township, Ontario and consists of twelve contiguous
patented mining claims and five unpatented mining claims covering 358 ha (884 acres).
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| History of the Nickel Offsets Project |
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The property hosts the past-producing Nickel Offsets (Ross) Mine which between 1943 and 1957 produced 208,551 tons of nickel and copper ore with reported recoveries of 4.56 million lbs of nickel and 3.32 million lbs of
copper. The past-producing mine was developed with two shafts to a maximum depth of 1,599 ft (487 m).
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| Geology of the Nickel Offsets Project |
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The Foy Offset dike consists of quartz-diorite and quartz-diorite breccia with known Ni-Cu mineralization.
Similar geology to host rocks of Ni-Cu-PGE deposits at Inco’s Copper Cliff North (Copper Cliff Offset) and Totten mines (Worthington Offset) a more...
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| Production history |
| Metal | historical |
| COPPER (lbs) | 3,320,000 |
| NICKEL (lbs) | 4,560,000 |
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Data last updated on : 1/9/2008
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Disclaimer
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All information on this page comes from internal and external sources deemed reliable. This information might not be up to date, so please perform due diligence before making any conclusion or making any action. Do contact us should any information be missing or incorrect.
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