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| Record Name(s) | Spanish River Carbonatite Complex - 1962, Cartier Deposit - 1962, Larson-Burns Option - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1983-Sep-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Vermiculite, Rare Earth Elements, Cerium, Lanthanum, Neodymium
Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Zircon
Township or Area: Venturi, Tofflemire
Latitude: 46° 37' 36.18" Longitude: -81° 43' 23.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 444627.999 Northing: 5163938.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I12NE, 41I12SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the property is via the Fox Lake Lodge road, which turns off highway 144 at Cartier. From Cartier it is 25 km to the property.
1955: Canadian Johns Manville Co. Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics. 1960: Jemnac Company Limited - trenching, sampling, vermiculite testing. 1968: United Carbide Canada Limited - DD-1-529 m. 1975: International Minerals and Chemical Corp. - ground geophysics, radiometric survey 1977: I Burns - stripping. 1975: International Mineral and Chemical Corporation - DD-4-250.6 m 1994-1996: Junior Mine Services Ltd. - sampling, mapping, trenching, bulk sampling 1997: I. Burns - stripping, trenching 1999-2000: Agricultural Mineral Prospectors Inc. - property acquired, prospecting, soil sampling, geochemistry, trenching, 9000 tonne bulk sample. 2001- Agricultural Mineral Properties - in production
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Tofflemire-0010 | 41I12NE0032 | 41I12NE0032 |
| 41I12SE2017 | 41I12SE2017 | 41I12SE2017 |
| 41I12SW2001 | 41I12SW2001 | 41I12SW2001 |
| 41I12NE2034 | 41I12NE2034 | 41I12NE2034 |
| 41I12NE2032 | 41I12NE2032 | 41I12NE2032 |
| 41I12NE2029 | 41I12NE2029 | 41I12NE2029 |
| 41I12NE2028 | 41I12NE2028 | 41I12NE2028 |
| 41I12NE2024 | 41I12NE2024 | 41I12NE2024 |
| 41I12NE0018 | 41I12NE0018 | 41I12NE0018 |
| VENTURI10C1 | 41I12NE0035 | 41I12NE0035 |
| VENTURI-0011 | 41I12NE0034 | 41I12NE0034 |
| Tofflemire-0011 | 41I12NE0031 | 41I12NE0031 |
| 2.19566 | 41I12NE2007 | 41I12NE2007 |
| 2.30065 | 20000000494 | 20000000494 |
| 2.46495 | 20000005693 | 20000005693 |
| 2.29950 | 20000000468 | 20000000468 |
| 2.33176 | 20000001640 | 20000001640 |
| 2.32057 | 20000001294 | 20000001294 |
| 2.39452 | 20000003354 | 20000003354 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean Geochronological Age: 1838±95 Ma. Geochron. Age Ref.: Study 030 p. 7
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonatite-Unsubdivided | 1 | Sovite | Is |
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| Quartz Monzonite | 2 | Contains |
Sep 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - The carbonatite complex is composed of sovite, silicocarbonatite, ijolite and pyroxenite. The complex has been intruded into quartz monzonite. The quartz monzonite has been fenitized in the vicinity of the carbonatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Vermiculite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Apatite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 29, 2011 (A Wilson) - The material is marketed as organic fertilizer. Analysis for REE by United Carbide returned: 2600 ppm Ba, 20 ppm Ga, 600 ppm Nb, 160 ppm Rb 8000 ppm Sr, 80 ppm Y, 1500 ppm Zr, 500 ppm La, 300 ppm Nd and 960 ppm Ce
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Carbonatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
Mono - Geology of carbonatite-alkalic rock complexes in Ontario: Spanish River carbonatite complex, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: S030 Date: 1987
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Vermiculite in Ontario, with an appendix on perlite
Publication Number: IMR007 Page: 18-20 Date: 1998
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Tofflemire, Venturi and Vernon townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: P2960 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1986
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Cross-hole magnetometric resistivity
Publication Number: OFR5642 Page: 15-18, 35 Date: 1987
Author: Edwards R.N., Pai D.M., Nabighian M., Oppliger G., Lo B.B.H., Cheesman S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 39 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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