Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI41I11SW00034
Record Name(s) | Vermilion Lake Graphite - 1953 |
---|---|
Related Record Type | Simple |
Related Record(s) | |
Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Jan-10 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
Created By | |
Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Fairbank
Latitude: 46° 31' 47.61" Longitude: -81° 23' 34.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 469862 Northing: 5153000 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I11SW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole collar
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1953: Ontario Pyrites Company Limited – DD-2-400 ft.
Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
---|---|---|
FAIRBANK-0011-D | 41I11SW0074 | 41I11SW0074 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Sudbury Structure
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Siltstone | 1 | Argillitic | Slate | Host |
---|
Sep 05, 2013 (A Wilson) - The host rock is the Vermillion Formation. The Vermilion Formation is comprised of massive, fine-grained rock which is an extremely dense, fine grained, silliceous, probably ashey, carbonaceous mudstone.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 05, 2013 (A Wilson) - The diamond drill hole intersected approximately 280 feet of graphitic material
Map - Fairbank Township, sheet no. 7, Sudbury Basin series
Publication Number: P0046 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sudbury geological compilation, Sudbury District, Sudbury Regional Municipality
Publication Number: M2491 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1984
Author: Dressler B.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Sudbury Resident Geologist District Office