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| Record Name(s) | Nemag Lake - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-15 |
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Primary Commodities: Niobium
Township or Area: Whitefish Lake Reserve Area
Latitude: 46° 21' 24.06" Longitude: -81° 15' 27.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 480181.004 Northing: 5133711.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I06SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Fenite | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Rutile | Economic | Ore |
Feb 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - Niobium-bearing ilmenorulite is present in the Nemag fenite as veins, as disseminations in albite-rich bodies, as disseminations in massive aegirine and with ilmenite and magnetite. The largest rutile vein at this location is about 1 m long and up to 10 cm wide and surrounded by riebeckite. One sample collected by the OGS in 1975 returned 5.18% Nb2O3.
Map - Louise-Eden area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2299 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D., Palonen P.A., Siemiatkowska K.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 53 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Louise-Eden area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R124 Page: 38, 58 Date: 1975
Author: Card K.D., Palonen P.A., Siemiatkowska K.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Folio - Indian Reserve No. 6, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: GDIF420 Date: 1997
Author: Sudbury RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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