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Record: MDI31L14SW00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Titan Property - 2004, O'Connor Prospect - 1931
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1983-Jun-29
Date Last Modified 2024-Mar-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron, Vanadium, Titanium

Secondary Commodities: Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Angus

Latitude: 46° 51' 19.43"    Longitude: -79° 29' 29.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 615000   Northing: 5190200    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L14SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access to the Titan property is via Highway 11 south from Temangami for 20 km to Gramps Place, then east on the Rabbit Lake Road for 18 km, then south on a bush trail that is accessible with 4x4 vehicles in the summer for 8 km to a parking area. From the parking area, the remaining 16 km of bush trail can be accessed in the summer with all-terrain vehicles or tracked vehicles and in the winter with a 4x4 vehicle or snow equipment.



Exploration History

1940-53 - Titan Iron Mines Limited carried out trenching, sampling, and 11 diamond drill holes. 1964: Southfield Mines Limited carried out sampling. 1966: Titan Iron Mines Limited carried out airborne geophysics. 1968: Lake Ontario Steel Corporation Limited completed ground geophysics. 1988: Candol Developments Ltd. carried out bulk sampling. 2004-2006: Randsburg International Gold Corp. carried out airborne geophysics, 38 diamond drill holes totaling 10,307 m, and metallurgical testing. 2023: Osprey Advanced Materials Corp. acquired the property from Silver Elephant Mining Corp.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Flett-SP010 / 2.28037 31L14SW2006 31L14SW2006
Angus-SP005 / 2.37057 20000007870 20000007870
10 31L14SW0008 31L14SW0008
63A.4 31L14SW0011 31L14SW0011
63.2475 31L14SW0010 31L14SW0010

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Terrane: Tomiko

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 1238-1235 Ma  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro To Leucotroctolite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - Magnetite and titanium dioxide mineralization at Titan is hosted by gabbro to leucotroctolite in the northeastern end of the Fall Lake complex. The southwestern portion of the Fall Lake intrusion, southwest of the Titan property, is made up of a variety of lithologies, but gabbro predominates. The northeastern portion of the intrusion is made up of leucocratic olivine gabbro to leucotroctolite. The leucocratic olivine gabbro to leucotroctolite appears to be fresh in thin section with little evidence of metamorphism. Contacts of the intrusion with mafic gneiss and granite gneiss, thought to be older than the Fall Lake complex, are poorly exposed. The gabbro to leucotroctolite is almost black, coarse grained, and composed of a dark-colored feldspar, pyroxene, and lesser amounts of magnetite. The granite gneiss country rock is medium grained and pink with quartz, pink feldspar, and accessory biotite. While the host rocks of the Fall Lake Intrusion are apparently of the same composition as the country rock, the mineralized units are altered and finer grained. The Titan deposit is located at the northern end of an aeromagnetic anomaly that is 1,200 by 800 m in area. To date drilling has tested only about the northernmost 300 m of the anomaly. The deposit plunges to the southeast at over 60º and is open towards Cribbage Lake.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1IlmeniteEconomicOre
2UlvospinelEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - A sample of the best material collected by M. Hurst in 1931 returned 43.62% Fe, 13.2% Ti and 0.18% V. Magnetite, ilmenite, titanium dioxide, and vanadium mineralization at Titan occurs in a southeast-plunging body in gabbro to leucotroctolite in the northeastern corner of the Fall Lake complex. Titaniferous magnetite is intermingled with altered gabbro as a hydrothermal replacement and is also present as streaks, patches, veinlets, and lenses of solid magnetite ranging from less than an inch to a maximum of 100 ft in width. A grab sample collected by Easton in 2001 (01-RME-0125) returned 266 ppm Co, 39.8% Fe, 56.91% Fe2O3, 22.72% TiO2, 337 ppm Ni, 2680 ppm V.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Hydrothermal
Reserves or Resources Data
Zone Year Category Tonnes Reference Comments Commodities
Titan Deposit 2017 Inferred Mineral Resource 45996000 Technical Report - Titan Project, 68p 14.88% TiO2, 0.24% V Iron 48.32 %, Titanium 14.88 %, Vanadium 0.24 %
Titan Deposit 2010 Inferred Mineral Resource 48983200 Technical Report - Titan Project, 55p. Iron 48.1 %, Titanium 14.82 %, Vanadium .24 %

References

MonoMap - Geology of Mafic Intrusions of Flett and Angus Townships, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6090 Date: 2002

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Geology of vanadium and vanadiferous occurrences of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 27

Publication Number: Econ Geol 27 Page: 71-74  Date: 1973

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102461


Part - A deposit of titaniferous magnetite in Angus Township, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: ARV40-04.003 Page: 105-110  Date: 1998

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 264  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Mafic Intrusive Rocks of Flett and Angus Townships

Publication Number: P3452 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2001

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Technical Report - Titan Project, 55p. (NI 43-101 rpt)

Publication Number: Date: 2010

Author: N.Prenn

Publisher Name:

Location: SEDAR


Publication - Technical Report - Titan Project, 68p. (NI 43-101 rpt)

Publication Number: Date: 2017

Author: N. Prenn and N. Pettigrew

Publisher Name:

Location: SEDAR


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