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| Record Name(s) | Ramsey Lake - 1991, Sheldon - 1962, Joffre - 1977, Ramsay Lake-Joffre - 1984 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Titanium
Township or Area: Joffre
Latitude: 47° 23' 31.34" Longitude: -82° 17' 42.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 402260.47 Northing: 5249544.65 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O08SW
Point Location Description: File opened from the MDI, GR157, GSC OFR 1087 but not researched.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is most easily accessed by boat from Ramsey Lake. Otherwise the site is accessed by traverse from the Biscotasing Road.
1959: Canadian Pacific Railway - geological mapping.1969-71: Texas Gulf Sulphur Company - airborne geophysical survey, ground magnetic and EM surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2138 / 2.496 | 41O08NW0002 | 41O08NW0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Hong Kong
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies in the Ramsey Lake high strain zone which lies along the east side of Ramsey Lake. This area is the Biscotasing arm of the Swayze greenstone belt and contains rocks that are highly strained and metamorphosed to amphibolite facies. Primary stratigraphic relationships are obscured. Rocks of this Biscotasing area appear to be a southwestward extension of the units exposed in Cunningham ad Blamey township areas.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sandstone | 1 | Arenite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Tonalitic | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showining is hosted within a strongly sheared and drag folded, finely bedded, quartzitic metasediment. The zone is about 40 feet west of the contact of the metasediment with the granolidiorite intrusive gneiss. Aplite and granite pegmatite dikes cut the metasediments.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Molybdenite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing consists of disseminated pyrite and traces of chalcopyrite in a stronlgy sheared metasediment. A grab sample taken by the OGS in 1962 assayed Ti 0.05-0.5%, Cu 0.01-0.10%, Pb tr, Mn tr, Zr, tr. No gold was detected in the grab sample.
Dec 07, 2005 (Q Unknown) - Copper mineralization varies between 0.01 to 0.1%.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 140 | 90 | N/A | N/A |
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: 41O-29 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
File - Resident Geologist files T-4298
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Biscotasing area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: M2013 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers D.P.
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:
MonoMap - Geology of the Biscotasing area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R007 Page: 31 Date: 1997
Author: Rogers D.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Biscotasing, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384H Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210458
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 166 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Molybdenum in Canada, Part 2: Molyfile - an index level computer file of molybde; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 33
Publication Number: GSC EGR 33 Date: 1982
Author: Kirkham, R.V. et al
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109258
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 278 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Mineral Prospects of the Swayze Greenstone Belt (Volume 1, Parts of NTS 41 O and Volume 2, Parts of NTS 41 P, 42 A and 42 B)
Publication Number: OFR5912 Page: 11 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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