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MDI41J05NW00052
| Record Name(s) | West Desbarats Lake - 1985, Desbarats Lake - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Johnson
Latitude: 46° 22' 48.72" Longitude: -83° 56' 14.88"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 274112.72 Northing: 5140485.5 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05NW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: On the southwest shore of Desbarats Lake.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Johnson-0012-A1 | 41J05NW0025 | 41J05NW0025 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Formation Group: Cobalt Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Aug 15, 2017 (A Wilson) - An iron occurrence on a WNW-trending fault separating the Lorrain Formation to the north from a mafic intrusion to the south.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hematite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
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:
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:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 28 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 80 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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:
Map - Geology, Bruce Mines-Lake George area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 1414A Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1977
Author: Frarey, M J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109095
Publication - Geology of the Huronian belt between Sault Ste Marie and Blind River Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 383
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 383 Date: 1978
Author: Frarey, M.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548
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