Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Location X - 1907, Caswell Showing - 1968, Roy Option - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron, Uranium
Township or Area: Long
Latitude: 46° 11' 26" Longitude: -82° 46' 44.14"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 362728.001 Northing: 5116758 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J02NW
Point Location Description: Pits, Trenches
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Highway 17, drive 14km east of Blind River, then highway 538, drive 1.6km to west. Traverse 150m on outcrops almost to the shoreline of Lake Huron.
1907: trenching. 1949: A. Breton and K. Gunterman - sampling 1953: Roy Option - DD-2-97.8 m. 1956: J. Hischorn - DD-1-49.3 m
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| LONG 0010-E1 | 41J02NW0016 | 41J02NW0016 |
| LONG 0011-A1 | 41J02NW0017 | 41J02NW0017 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Hematite Ironstone | 1 | Hematitic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Adjacent | |
| Quartz Arenite | 3 | Footwall |
May 07, 2012 (P Beach) - Quartz stockwork in quartzite and shale of the Gowganda Formation near a diabase dike. Mineralization occurs in innumerable small veins only a few inches in width scattered irregulary through a diabase outcrop.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pitchblende | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Thorite | Economic | Ore |
May 07, 2012 (A Wilson) - The hematite was considered to be of good grade. Grab samples collected by Breton and Gunterman assayed from 0.025 to 0.15% U3O8.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
Map - Long and Spragge townships and part of Indian Reserve No. 7, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2186 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970
Author: Abraham E.M., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Page: 128 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 7-8 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2419 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1979
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Spragge area, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R076 Page: 75, 95 Date: 1970
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 35-36 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 71 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 31-32 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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