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| Record Name(s) | James Bay Basin Oil Well No.1 - 1929, Mike Island - 1929 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Jun-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Oil Shale, Gypsum
Township or Area: Canfield
Latitude: 50° 47' 48" Longitude: -81° 19' 60"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 476508.101 Northing: 5627266.795 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42I14SW
Point Location Description: Precise: coordinates of well head on log, AF T-427
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The area can be accessed in the summer by train (ONR line from Cochrane to Moosonee, Ontario), river (canoe or inflatable boat), or helicopter. In winter, access is by winter roads, train and helicopter. (OGS OFR 5728, pp.3,5)
1929--James Bay Basin Oil Co. (formerly W.T. Curran): 3 holes drilled (Mike, Murray and Grey Goose islands) Note: Occurrence location now lies within Missinaibi Provincial Park; mineral development is prohibited with park boundary
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clayey Siltstone | 1 | Shale | Contains |
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| Gypsum | 2 | Is | ||
| Limestone | 3 | Adjacent | ||
| Dolomitic Rock | 4 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Selenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Anhydrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jun 07, 2011 (D Draper) - Log of Well No. 1 references 109ft of “Brown limestone and shale (showing oil)” at a depth of 467ft. At 214ft, an 18-foot unit of dolomitic limestone and a 25-foot unit of shale and dolomite are both noted as having associated “gas”, type unspecified. Selenite is noted throughout the hole, including an 18-foot zone of selenite and gypsum. Two other units of mottled gypsum--14ft and 20ft in thickness--were intersected. (T-427; AR 61-6, p. 154)
| Rank | Classification |
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| 2 | Evaporite |
| 1 | Fossil Fuel |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0423, T-0427
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Onakawana sheet, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0375 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology and economic deposits of the Moose River basin
Publication Number: ARV37-06.001 Page: 17-18, 37, 65 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and District of Keewatin
Publication Number: Map 17-1967 Scale: 1:1,013,760 Date: 1967
Author: Norris, A W; Sanford, B V; Bostock, H H
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107628
Part - Drilling in the James Bay Lowland, part 1 - drilling by the Ontario Department of Mines
Publication Number: ARV61-06.005 Page: 153-154 Date: 1997
Author: Hogg N., Satterly J., Wilson A.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 57 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Operation Kapuskasing
Publication Number: MP010 Page: 86 Date: 1967
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Devonian stratigraphy of the Hudson Platform; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 379
Publication Number: GSC Mem 379 Page: 64-65, 91 Date: 1975
Author: Sanford, B V; Norris, A W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/127033
Compend - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: S021 Page: 175 Date: 1982
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of gypsum deposits in the James Bay Lowland
Publication Number: OFR5728 Page: 31 Date: 1990
Author: Bezys R.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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