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| Record Name(s) | Sample 19-EvH-11 - 2019 |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2020-Jul-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements
Secondary Commodities: Niobium
Township or Area: Acres
Latitude: 50° 6' 31.76" Longitude: -82° 24' 57.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398755 Northing: 5551690 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J01NW
Point Location Description: Bush road north of elbow on the Opasatika River
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Hwy 11 to past Opasatica; Turning right onto McCowan Road. Follow bush road to area, approximately 90 km. Helicopter recommended for winter access.
A field visit by RGP staff to the location was done in November 2019. Measurements were taken with a scintillometer and a sample of overburden was taken a few feet below the surface with a hand auger.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Jul 28, 2020 (P Bousquet) - The sediments are over a flat area directly north of an elbow on the Opasatika River. It was hypothesized initially that a clay deposit sat at that location, which had a radiometric anomaly attached to it.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Hematite | Silty | Is |
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Jul 28, 2020 (P Bousquet) - The sediments had shown a consistent radiometric anomaly of 325 counts per second, which was an elevated background.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Gangue |
Jul 28, 2020 (P Bousquet) - The sediments collected were reddish to purplish. The geochemistry shows a total rare earth element content of 809 ppm. (see analytical details)
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
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| Cerium | Unknown | 355.26 | ppm | |||
| Cesium | Unknown | 355.36 | ppm | |||
| Dysprosium | Unknown | 8.32 | ppm | |||
| Erbium | Unknown | 4.281 | ppm | |||
| Europium | Unknown | 4.2607 | ppm | |||
| Gadolinium | Unknown | 10.955 | ppm | |||
| Holmium | Unknown | 1.5629 | ppm | |||
| Lanthanum | Unknown | 194.3 | ppm | |||
| Lutetium | Unknown | .553 | ppm | |||
| Neodymium | Unknown | 114.02 | ppm | |||
| Niobium | Unknown | 312.4 | ppm | |||
| Praseodymium | Unknown | 35.047 | ppm | |||
| Samarium | Unknown | 15.462 | ppm | |||
| Scandium | Unknown | 16.2 | ppm | |||
| Tellurium | Unknown | .6068 | ppm | |||
| Terbium | Unknown | 1.5213 | ppm | |||
| Thorium | Unknown | 35.414 | ppm | |||
| Thulium | Unknown | .6068 | ppm | |||
| Uranium | Unknown | 6.126 | ppm | |||
| Ytterbium | Unknown | 3.9 | ppm | |||
| Yttrium | Unknown | 43.19 | ppm |
Map - Little Long Rapids sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0396 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: S021 Page: 41, 43; 161-163; 172 Date: 1982
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2019, Resident Geologist Program, Timmins Regional Resident Geologist Report: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie Districts
Publication Number: OFR6366 Date: 2020
Author: van Hees E., Bousquet P., Suma-Momoh J., Daniels C.M., Hinz S.L.K., Boucher C., Sword P., Wang L., Fudge S.P., Millette A., Patterson C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Airborne Gradiometer and Gamma-Ray Spectrometric Surveys, Ternary Radioelement Image, Smooth Rock Falls Area
Publication Number: M82827 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2016
Author: Ontario Geological Survey
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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