Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Desbarats Trench No 3 - 1955 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Tarbutt, Johnson
Latitude: 46° 21' 13.24" Longitude: -83° 57' 43.24"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 272115.001 Northing: 5137609 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J05SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Main road west from Desbarats for approx 2km (along Government Road) and access the first concession road turning north past the railway tracks. Turn left on the first farm track past the turn off and proceed on foot. The knoll is used as a pastrer for cattle and is gated but all the features are on this first knoll which is within 100m of the concession road.
1955: Aberdoon Mines Ltd. - DD-6-753 ft, sampling, trenching, mapping. 1955: Kennco Explorations (Canada) Limited – DD-1- 168 ft.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| Tarbutt 10-B1 | 41J05SW0010 | 41J05SW0010 |
| Tarbutt 10-A1 | 41J05NW0026 | 41J05NW0026 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Quartz Arenite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkosic Arenite | 2 | Contains | ||
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Sill | Intrudes | |
| Conglomerate | 3 | Jasper | Contains | |
| Claystone | 4 | Contains | ||
| Diabase | 6 | Diabase | Intrudes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Stratabound |
Publication - Copper metallogeny, north shore region of Lake Huron, Ontario; Current research part A; by Geological Survey of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 79-1A
Publication Number: Paper 79-1A Page: 297-298 Date: 1979
Author: Pearson, W.N.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104860
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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 66 Date: 1969
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: 76 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
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 Page: 74 Date: 1978
Author: Frarey, M.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/104548
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