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| Record Name(s) | Samreid Lake - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Sep-01 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Sulphur/Pyrite
Township or Area: Raimbault
Latitude: 46° 33' 36.82" Longitude: -82° 45' 44.47"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 364921.905 Northing: 5157804.346 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 41J10SW
Point Location Description: Trenching
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 400 metres west of the north west end of Samreid Lake, 3 kilometres north of the south boundary of Raimbault Township.
The deposit was discovered by Sam Bobowash, an indian from Iron Bridge, Ontario, on November 1st 1935. Mr. Bobowash and his partner Sam Reid staked the property in October 1936 for the New Sudbury Prospecting Syndicate. 1954-57 34 d.d. holes for 8 281 feet by Talvey Metal Mines Ltd. 1955 Magnetometer survey by Talvey Metal Mines Ltd. An outcrop map of the area in which the deposit is located was made on the scale of 1' : 100 feet. About 4 700 feet of base line was cut in an east-west direction and about 70 000 feet of lines in a north-south direction. The field work was conducted during the summer of 1954 by Gerald M. Friedman and Mr. Charles Tritschler. The property was considered a base metal prospect and gave up to values of 4% Cu, 2% Pb and 7% Zn, as well as gold and silver values.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Raimbault-0016-A1 | 41J10SW0024 | 41J10SW0024 |
| Raimbault-0012 | 41J10NW0027 | 41J10NW0027 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Geological Age: Early Precambrian
Dec 07, 2005 (G Bennett) - Chert with massive to disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite with some chalcopyrite, cubanite and marcasit in E-W zone 4 200 feet long and 4 to 100 feet wide. Within Archean metagreywacke. The rocks in the vicinity consist of steeply dipping, east-west striking Keewatin greenstones and sediments, which have been intruded by Algoman granite. Veins and lenses of quartz also cut the Keewatin rocks at scattered places. In several localities west of Samreid Lake the Keewatin rocks have been replaced by massive sulfides consisting of pyrite, pyrrhotite, and a little chalcopyrite. Another type of mineral found in this vicinity consists of scattered sulphide-bearing quartz veins. Most of the veins lie parallel to the steeply dipping volcanics and sediments. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, galena, and zinc blende are associated with the vein material. Low gold and nickel values are reported to have been obtained from this group.
Dec 07, 2005 (P Beach) - Massive sulphides, py, po and cp in basic Archean igneous rocks. Also scattered sulphide bearing qtz veins with associated py, po, cp, gal and sph.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Marcasite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Cubanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Chert | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Aug 12, 1999
Geologist: G Bennett
Notes: Reserves calculated at 502 600 tons averaging 38.27% Fe and 32.5% S to a depth of 450 feet across a 13.47-foot section of the zone.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Samreid Lake | 1957 | Unclassified | 455957 | MR 223, ODM 1968 MDC011 p. 98 | 502,607 tons @ 38.27% Fe, 32.5% S across 13.47' | Iron 38.27 NA, Sulphur/Pyrite 32.5 NA |
Map - Nicholas and Raimbault townships, Algoma District
Publication Number: M2347 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Map - Township 157 [Raimbault Township], District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0561 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Flack Lake area
Publication Number: ARV48-11 Page: 9-10 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological compilation series, Blind River-Elliot Lake sheet, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0304 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Giblin P.E., Leahy E.J., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 97-98 Date: 1968
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:
Publication - Canadian mineral deposits not being mined in 1989; Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada, Mineral Bulletin MR 223
Publication Number: MR 223 Date: 1989
Author:
Publisher Name: Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
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:
Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Page: 20 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Flack Lake area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM48K Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Harding W.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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: 110 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Journal - The Samreid Lake sulfide deposit, Ontario, an example of a pyrrhotite-pyrite iron formation; Economic Geology, vol. 54, no. 2
Publication Number: EconGeol v54 Page: 268-284 Date: 1959
Author: Friedman, G.M.
Publisher Name: Economic Geology
Location: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.54.2.268
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