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Record Name(s) | Mattarig Mine - 1942, Mattarig Mining Syndicate Property - 1942 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Prospect |
Date Created | 1984-May-29 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica
Township or Area: Mattawan
Latitude: 46° 19' 11.55" Longitude: -78° 55' 52.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 659259.92 Northing: 5131668.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L07SW
Point Location Description: trench
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Drive 13.4km northwest of Mattawa on highway 533 past Snake Creek turning south and drive 18.7km (4WD) along timber/ATV trails to a point that is ~1.5km west of Purdy Lake. Traverse 300m through bush.
1942-43: Mattarig Mica Mining Syndicate Limited – pitting, production. 1997: A. MacDonnell – stripping, mine site rehabilitation
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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Mattawan SP-006 / 31L07SW2002 | 31L07SW2002 | 31L07SW2002 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Terrane: Tomiko
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diatexite-Unsubdivided | 1 | Diatexite | Contains |
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Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Host |
Jul 06, 2012 (A Wilson) - Fine- to medium-grained, thin- to medium-layered, micaceous, quartz arenite and feldspathic arenite, commonly containing white mica porphyroblasts, and 2 to 10% granitic sweats or pods. Dikes and irregular masses of pegmatite cut the metasediments.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 06, 2012 (A Wilson) - The muscovite consisted of small books, mostly below commercial size. A few of the books were as much as 4 inches in diameter. A large portion of the mica visible was creased, stained, cracked or wavy. Several hundred pounds of hand-cobbed muscovite are reported to have been mined from this location.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Pegmatite |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Intrusive |
Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
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Tabular | 3.6 | 2.4 |
Book - DEMR 1948 NMI 31L/7(MATTARIG)
Publication Number: Scale: Date: 1948
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Publisher Name: DEMR
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Part - Geology of the Mattawan-Olrig area
Publication Number: ARV53-06.001 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Mattawan-Olrig area, District of Nipissing, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM53D Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Songris Area
Publication Number: P2847 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2006
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Eastern Tomiko Terrane, Grenville Province
Publication Number: OFR5554 Scale: Date: 2006
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Mattawa-Deep River area (western half), District of Nipissing
Publication Number: P1196 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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