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Record Name(s) | Quebec Asbestos Occurrence - 1950, Quebec Asbestos Corporation - 1950, Dst Quality Control Entry - 1997, T Kruk - 1990 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1997-Mar-07 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: McCool
Latitude: 48° 32' 34.31" Longitude: -80° 1' 14.49"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 572281.93 Northing: 5377103.18 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SE
Point Location Description: A point 0.5 km N and 0.6 km W of the SE corner of McCool Twp.
Location Method: Data Compilation
1950: Quebec Asbestos Corp. completed a magnetic survey. 1952: Quebec Asbestos diamond drilled 2 holes totalling 1,218 feet. 1962: Canadian Johns-Manville Co. Ltd. completed a geophysical survey over claims formerly held by Quebec Asbestos Corp. (Hewitt and Satterly 1953). 2011: D. LaForest and D.J. Lalonde carried out line-cutting and a ground geophysical survey (magnetometer).
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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KL-6560 / 2.49252 | 20000006798 | 20000006798 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Unsubdivided | Adjacent |
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Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Host |
Aug 20, 2020 (A Mitchell) - Geological mapping (Satterly 1953; Johnstone and Trowell 1985; Jensen and Baker 1986; Gupta and Johnstone 1987; Johnstone and Steele 1989; Vagners 1984; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that sparsely exposed outcrop in the area consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic facies) mafic to ultramafic volcanic and/or intrusive rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Chrysotile | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore |
Aug 20, 2020 (A Mitchell) - Satterly (1953) reported that in one diamond drill hole which intersected peridotite: '...a few veinlets of chrysotile asbestos were found.' (p. 27).
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Geology of McCool Township
Publication Number: ARV61-05 Page: 26-27 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR001 Page: 15-16 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, McCool Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80587 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.056S Date: 1997
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1986
Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Folio - McCool Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF380 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477 Date: 1997
Author: Steele K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, bedrock samples from the sonic drilling program 1987, Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P3114 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1989
Author: Johnstone R.M., Sutcliffe R.H., Steele K.G., Baker C.L., McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - A gravity survey in the Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP137.074 Date: 1997
Author: Gupta V.K., Johnstone R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Page: 112-123 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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