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| Record Name(s) | Rainbow Mine - 1899, Stobie Mine - 1899 |
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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: Copper, Nickel
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Johnson
Latitude: 46° 21' 23.76" Longitude: -83° 52' 42.27"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 278558.71 Northing: 5137696.4 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05SW
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: About 1.6 kilometres north of the town of Portlock.
1899-1901: J. Stobie and the Stobie Mining Co. sunk a vertical shaft 160 feet deep, with 280 feet of lateral work on the 100-foot level. Shipped about 9 tons of material. 1940: 1 diamond drill hole sunk. 1951: Chipman Lake Mines Ltd. completed four drill holes. 1965: I. Carter carried out a magnetometer survey 1966: W.L. Ennis carried out a ground geophysical survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| JOHNSON 0010-E1 | 41J05SW0013 | 41J05SW0013 |
| JOHNSON 0011-A1 / 63.1773 | 41J05SW0011 | 41J05SW0011 |
| JOHNSON 0012-C1 | 41J05SW0015 | 41J05SW0015 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claystone | 2 | Siltstone | Host | |
| Quartz Arenite | 3 | Footwall | ||
| Vein | 4 | Quartz-Carbonate | Host |
Mar 24, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Fissure filling quartz carbonate sulphide vein cuts Lorrain quartzite. The vein strikes N80E and dips 90º. Vein exposed on surface for a length of 80 feet is up to 3 feet wide and contains quartzite inclusions. On the 100-foot level there are two veins: the south vein is about 1 foot thick, the north vein is 2 to 3 feet thick and they are separated by 4 feet of country rock.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 24, 2020 (Sheree Hinz) - Several tons of rich chalcopyrite-chalcocite-bornite-quartz ore was reported on the mine dump in 1957.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 34-35 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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 Date: 1967
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits in Ontario (revised to February, 1957)
Publication Number: MDC002 Page: 74 Date: 1957
Author: Thomson J.E., Ferguson S.A., Johnston W.G.Q., Pye E.G., Savage W.S., Thomson 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 - 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
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
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