Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Stone-Alanen Amethyst - 2002 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2016-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Amethyst
Township or Area: Strange
Latitude: 48° 18' 2.64" Longitude: -89° 58' 1.56"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 279968.35 Northing: 5353982.02 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05SW
Point Location Description: AFRI 52A05SW2002 map
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Access is from Northside Road 2.6 km north of Highway 588. Turn left onto Strange COn 5 Road and proceed west for 4.9 km to a clearcut. From the Con road proceed NNE for 1.1 km to the occurrence.
2001-2: T. Stone and H. Alanen conducted stripping and trenching.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 2.23686 | 52A05SW2002 | 52A05SW2002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Shebandowan
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Vein | 1 | Quartz And Amethyst | Host |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Amethyst | Economic | Ore |
Feb 07, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Quartz was found in veins and vugs with altered iron on the faces of the quartz crystals. The colouring varies from smoky through purple to reddish brown with manganese and iron impurities. The initial stripped area measures approximately 20 feet by 8 feet (AFRI 52A05SW2002).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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| 1 | Vein |
Map - Silver Mountain area, Gunflint iron range, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: M1960J Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W., Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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