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Record: MDI31L07SW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Janveaux Property - 1988
Related Record Type Compound
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Mattawan

Latitude: 46° 19' 48.37"    Longitude: -78° 52' 39.9"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 663349   Northing: 5132914    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L07SW

Point Location Description: open cut

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From Mattawa (starting at bridge where Ottata and Mattawa rivers meet) drive 23.3km on highway 533 northwest to timber road turnoff (just past Snake Creek) and drive 5.3km along main track to intersection with track heading west. Drive west to a point where there is a clearing at the side of the road and a track that heads north. The showing is at the edge of the track up a hill.



Exploration History

1943: Bonfield Mines Limited – prospecting, mapping. 1988-90: J.M. Janveaux – stripping, trenching, hand cobbing of samples, mineral testing, approximately 80 tons of material removed and sent to Germany for testing.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Mattawan SP-016 / W8907-00098 31L07NE5000 31L07NE5000
Mattawan SP-016 / W8907-00097 31L07NE5001 31L07NE5001
Mattawan SP-016 / W8907-00099 31L07NE5002 31L07NE5002
Mattawan SP-016 / W8807-00149 31L07NE5003 31L07NE5003
Mattawan SP-016 / W8807-00148 31L07NE5004 31L07NE5004
Mattawan SP-016 / W8807-00147 31L07NE5005 31L07NE5005

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Terrane: Tomiko

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Biotite-Hornblende-Garnet Contains
Pegmatite 2 Albite-Quartz-Biotite Host

Lithology Comments

Jul 06, 2012 (A Wilson) - The property consists of a series of northeast-trending, albite-quartz-biotite pegmatite dikes within biotite-hornblende-garnet schist. The pegmatite dikes are typically less than 2 m in width).




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Map - Geological series, Mattawa-Deep River area (western half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P1196 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1976

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1989

Publication Number: MP147.014 Page: 285  Date: 1997

Author: Owsiacki L., Cosec M., Anderson D.P., Basa E.M., Born P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Cobalt Resident Geologist's District - 1990

Publication Number: MP152.013 Page: 274  Date: 1997

Author: Basa E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Songris Area

Publication Number: P2847 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2006

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Eastern Tomiko Terrane, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR5554 Date: 2006

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of the Mattawan-Olrig area

Publication Number: ARV53-06.001 Page: 27  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


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