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| Record Name(s) | Big Game - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Uranium
Township or Area: Timmermans
Latitude: 46° 23' 25.44" Longitude: -82° 49' 32.04"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 359640.742 Northing: 5139044.3 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J07NW
Point Location Description: Diamond drill holes
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Near the east boundary of Timmermans Township, approximately 850 metres south of Caribou Lake.
1953: Airborne mag and scintillometer surveys by Technical Mines Consultants Ltd. 1954-1955: Geol., ground scintillometer surveys, soil sampling, 9 d.d. holes totalling 5434 feet by New Jersey Zinc Explor. Co. (Canada) Ltd. Drill hole BG-1 was completed jointly with Big Game Mines Ltd. to a depth of 917 feet. 1957: The claims came under the option of Consolidated Fredrick Mines Ltd. (controlled by Rio Tinto Group). This company allowed the claims to lapse.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| BOLGER 0047 | 41J07NW0042 | 41J07NW0042 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Cobalt Basin
Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Radioactive pyritic oligomictic conglomerate of Matinenda Formation. A 2.5 foot thick bed of conglomerate gave an assay of 0.019% U3O8. (OGS 1983 MDC 25 P 49-50).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Map - Township 161 and part of Township 167, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: M2026 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Townships 155, 156, 161, 162 and parts of 167 and 168, District of Algoma
Publication Number: R013 Page: 58-59 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 54 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 49-50 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
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: 90 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
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