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| Record Name(s) | Old Stobie - 1985, Stobie Iron - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Aberdeen Additional
Latitude: 46° 26' 51.78" Longitude: -83° 51' 47.21"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 280101.845 Northing: 5147777.44 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05NW
Point Location Description: Shaft, addit and raise
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: Lot 3 Concession I, Aberdeen Additional Township.
1874-78 Mining from open-cut and shaft. 1894 Some diamond drilling. The development consists of a working shaft about 65 feet in depth which is well timbered. The machinery consists of a boiler of about 18 h.p. and steem hoist and a No. 5 Cameron pump, blacksmith's outfit and mining tools in general.
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - Veins of hematitic-specularite-quartz up to 5 feet wide and over a length of approx. 90 feet, within the Lorrain (quartzite) Formation.
Nov 08, 2006 (P Beach) - Veins of hematite specularite quartz up to 5 feet wide over a length of approximately 90 feet in Lorrain quartzite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Specularite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Hematite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Aug 16, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: The vein outcrops for a distance of about 200 feet, its course being about east and west; in width from 3 to 5 feet. Should the vein cross the property its length would be about 2 200 feet. It is so covered with surface drift, that it has only been determined for about a distance of 500 feet in length. It carries a large amount Chalcopyrite, Chalcocyte, and Bornite ore.
Map - Sault Ste. Marie-Elliot Lake sheet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Manitoulin and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2108 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Summary report of the operations of the Geological Survey for the calendar year 1902; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 15, (1902-1903), pt. A
Publication Number: GSC AR 15 A Page: 253-254A Date: 1903
Author: Bell, R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297451
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 - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 19 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
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:
Publication - North Shore of Lake Huron; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 143
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 143 Page: 133 Date: 1925
Author: Collins, W.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100853
Book - REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF MINES ONTARIO 1894 P 249
Publication Number: OBM 1894 Date: 1894
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 143 Date: 1998
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 79 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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