Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI000000002472| Deposit Name(s) | Selim Fluorite - 2019 |
|---|---|
| Deposit Status | discretionary occurrence |
| Date Created | 2020-Dec-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2021-Jan-27 |
| Created By | T Pettigrew |
| Revised By | T Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: fluorite, barite
Township or Area: Lahontan
Latitude: 48° 50' 14.35" Longitude: -87° 25' 31.34"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 468786 Northing: 5409459 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SW
Point Location Description: GPS location taken by prospectors
Location Method: field visit with gps
Access Description: The Selim Fluorite Occurrence is located in Lahontan Township, approximately 7 km east of Rossport, Ontario or approximately 1.7 km west of the historic railway siding of Selim. Access is along Lakeshore Road.
2019: showing was discovered by S. O’Brien and M. O’Brien. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Intrusion: Whitesand Lake Batholith
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| felsic intrusive | 1 | host | ||
| vein | 2 | is |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Habit Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fluorite | economic | ore | ||||
| 2 | barite | economic | ore |
12/18/2020 (T Pettigrew) - The fluorite mineralization occurs along with barite and amethyst in veins and vuggy breccia zones that have been traced in low outcrops of blocky medium grained granite for approximately 150 m along Lakeshore Road. Fluorite cubes vary from less than 1 mm to 2 mm with numerous cubes lining small vugs that are less than 5 cm in length. The colour varies from very dark to medium purple. Some crystals of fluorite are glassy in appearance. Barite crystals occur as small cream to pink coloured blades up to 2 cm in length. Some skeletal barite crystals appear within a fluorite groundmass. Quartz varies in colour from clear through white, yellow and purple (S. O’Brien and M. O’Brien personal communication, 2020).
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