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| Record Name(s) | Premier Mine - 1910, Premier Langmuir - 1911, Peerless Canadian - 1968, Canada Baryte - 1938 |
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| Related Record Type | Compound |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Barite, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver
Township or Area: Langmuir
Latitude: 48° 16' 52.62" Longitude: -80° 59' 39.4"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 500424.593 Northing: 5347564.283 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A07SW
Point Location Description: Barite vein on claim RSC 218
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Travel approximately 30 km south of South Porcupine on the Springs and Eldorado main roads to the Fallon/Langmuir township boundary. An old bush road leades 4.5 km to the site located 600 m west of the Night Hawk River. The site can also be accessed by boating down the Night Hawk River form a boat launch 6.5 km north of the site.
1910: property staked by V. Mattson and H. Banalla. 1911-1922: Premier Langmuir Mines Ltd. - adit (160 ft) driven into main vein and vertical shaft sunk to 130 feet; level established at 60 ft, 80 ft of drifting. Second shaft sunk on small adjacent vein to 75 feet. In 1918, 30 tpd mill constructed and 60 tons of barite shipped. 1923-37: Canada Nighthawk Mines Ltd. - 160 tons mined from floor of adit in 1933 and 70 tons were milled. 1938-39: Canada Baryte Mines Ltd.: advanced adit 20 feet, mining of 335 tons. 1943-49: Woodhall Mines Ltd. - mining 1945-47, 2 ddh in 1943. In 1940 company reorganized to form Norbarite Mines Ltd. Whitby Ore Mills Ltd. was formed to take over the company's grinding plant at Whitby. 1962: Northern Barite Development Company Ltd. - property controlled. 1964-66: Peerless Canadian Explorations Ltd. - sampling, ground geophysics, 5 ddh (2100 ft). 1977-82: Extender Minerals of Canada Ltd. - sampling, approximately 350 lbs sampled, 1 ddh (167 ft).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Amphibolite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monzonite | 2 | Monzonite | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Two barite veins are situated on the north slope of a high ridge of contact metamorphosed mafic metavolcanics and monzonite. The metavolcanics show extensive epidote layering and are bordered on the south by a heterogeneous zone, grading in composition from monzonite to pyroxene amphibolite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 7 | Silver | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The barite veins weather white. Barite forms either subhedral crystals or occur as fine-grained crystalline aggregate. Quartz and calcite are common gangue minerals. Samples of the barite collected in 1922 returned values of 86.60% Ba, 76.50% Ba, 86.9% Ba and 88.45% Ba. Samples taken from drill core taken from the ultramafic rocks lying to the north of the barite veins returned nickel values ranging from 0.17-0.3 % Ni. Samples collected by Extender Minerals in 1978 returned Ba values ranging up to 85.1%.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 91 | 1.5 | 90 | 90 |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 213 | 1.8 | 140 | 90 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEIN 2 | 1970 | Unclassified | 227 | 1970 OGS GR 86, PAGE 57 | 250 TONS BARITE PER VERTICAL FOOT; 5' MINING WIDTH & 450' LENGTH @ 55.7 % BA | Barite 55.7 % |
| VEIN 1 | 1970 | Unclassified | 305 | 1970 OGS GR 86, PAGE 57 | 336 TONS BARITE PER VERTICAL FOOT; 5' MINING WIDTH & 600' LENGTH @ 55.7 % BA | Barite 55.7 % |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 36 |
Barite 36000 |
IMR 10 P. 18 | 40 TONS BARITE MINED |
| 1946 | 1080 |
Barite 108000 |
IMR 10 P. 18 | 1200 TONS MINED IN 1946 |
| 1945 | 1261 |
Barite 135000 |
IMR 10 P. 18 | YEAR 1945; 150 TONS BARITE. YEAR 1946, 1200 TONS BA. YEAR 1947, 40 TONS BA. |
| 1939 | 304 |
Barite 162900 |
IMR 10 P. 18 | YEAR 1939; 335 TONS BARITE MINED; 181 TONS SHIPPED |
| 1933 | 145 |
Barite 63000 |
IMR 10, P. 18 | YEAR 1933; 160 TONS BARITE; 70 TONS MILLED |
| 1918 | 54 |
Barite 5400 |
IMR 10 P. 18 | YEAR 1918; 60 TONS BARITE |
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-220 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-134, T-1894
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Langmuir and Blackstock townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2206 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Langmuir-Sheraton area, districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49H Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - The Porcupine gold area, second report
Publication Number: ARV21-01.005 Page: 248-249 Date: 1998
Author: Burrows A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Langmuir-Sheraton area
Publication Number: ARV49-04 Page: 13-15 Date: 1997
Author: Berry L.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 18-19 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 441 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Langmuir and Blackstock townships, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R086 Page: 52-57 Date: 1970
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology of Carman and Langmuir Townships
Publication Number: P3268 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2005
Author: Houlé M.G., Guilmette C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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