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Record: MDI41J05NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bar River - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Sep-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica Sand



Location

Township or Area: Laird

Latitude: 46° 26' 28.37"    Longitude: -84° 0' 25.4"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 729896.5   Northing: 5147424.675    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie

NTS Grid: 41J05NW

Point Location Description: Quarry

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Approximately 2 kilometres east of community of Bar River.



Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SilicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Geological compilation series, Sault Ste. Marie sheet, District of Algoma

Publication Number: P0303 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Silica in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR009 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts

Publication Number: M2108 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


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