Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Armstrong Ballast Quarry - 2015 |
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| Related Record Type | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2015-Aug-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Aggregate
Township or Area: Armstrong Area
Latitude: 50° 17' 42.58" Longitude: -89° 1' 12.72"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 356112 Northing: 5573401 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North
NTS Grid: 52I06SE
Point Location Description: approximate centre of new aggregate permit
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The property is located less than 1 km south and east of the town of Armstrong, Ontario and is accessible via Highway 527 North from Thunder Bay to Armstrong, then through an existing logging road to the east of Armstrong.
2003-2006: Fudge and Associates – prospecting, mapping, sampling and test pitting, ground magnetometer survey, bulk sampling (30 000 tonnes). Appears to be in production but no production information is available.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.29495 | 20000000306 | 20000000306 |
| 2.33421 | 20000001715 | 20000001715 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Fine-Grained | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monzonite | 2 | Monzonite | Contains |
Aug 21, 2015 (A Wilson) - No prior detail work is reported on the property. Diabase sills are thought to be the most extensive rock type in the area ranging in thickness from 1 or 2 meters to over 200 meters. The claim group is thought to host diabase rock suitable for high specification aggregate; the surface expression of which forms a 20 meter high northeast trending escarpment south east of the town of Armstrong.
Aug 21, 2015 (A Wilson) - Laboratory testing confirms a sample bulk density of 2.94 that is well in excess of minimum specification of 2.60. Similarly L.A. Abrasion Loss of 13.5 %, 0.429 % Absorption and Magnesium Sulphate loss of 0.7 are all within main line ballast specifications. No deleterious materials were noted in Petrographic test, nor were sulphides or other leachable material noted in the field.
Map - Sioux Lookout-Armstrong, geological compilation series, Kenora and Thunder Bay districts
Publication Number: M2442 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1981
Author: Breaks F.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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