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Record: MDI31L06SE00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Rutherglen Brucite - 1985, Pimisi Lake Group - 1944
Related Record Type
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Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jun-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnesium Minerals



Location

Township or Area: Calvin

Latitude: 46° 16' 13.74"    Longitude: -78° 58' 14.4"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 656367   Northing: 5126102    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L06SE, 31L07SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Other Literature



Exploration History

1944: Aluminum Company of Canada - DD-2


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - Brucite bearing, crystalline limestones are exposed alongside the highway east of Pimisi Lake. The southerly extension of this limestone has been established beneath overburden on Alcan's claims.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BruciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 130-132  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823


Map - Mattawan-Olrig area, District of Nipissing, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Mattawan-Olrig area

Publication Number: ARV53-06.001 Page: 25-26, 43-46  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound

Publication Number: R094 Page: 77-78  Date: 1971

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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