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| Record Name(s) | Southwest Garnet - 1967, Travel Lake Iron Formation - 1983, Carter - 9999, Garnet #45 - 1984, Siragusa #45 - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Titanium
Township or Area: Garnet
Latitude: 47° 41' 27.75" Longitude: -82° 33' 50"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 382647.53 Northing: 5283146.16 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O10NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop of iron formation west of Fawn Creek and south of Travel Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is via the secondary access road between Sultan and Highway 144. Take the Dore Road north through Fawn Twp into Garnet Twp. A small bush road leads west to Travel Lake. Launch a canoe on Travel Lake and head south along Fawn creek. The occurrence is on the southwest side of Fawn Creek about a 300-500m traverse.
1957: The C.M.S. Syndicate drilled 6 holes on a property to the west of the Travel Lake iron formation showing. C.M.S. reports intersecting primarily sediments including: graphitic argillite, graphitic slate, greywacke, arkose, and a graphitic schist. Pyrite and trace amounts of chalcopyrite were reported to be associated with these sediments. Location sketches indicate the presence of trenches in the area of the drilling. It is not known if these trenches were part the C.M.S. exploration program or if they are a result of some previous work. 1965-68: The Canadian Nickel Co. Ltd., Inco, drilled 11 holes in the southwest corner of Garnet township in an area below Travel Lake for a total length of 1330 m. Several of these holes intersected iron formation. 1982: Noranda Exploration conducted a ground magnetometer and horizontal loop E.M. survey on a group of 8 claims to the west of Fawn Creek south of Travel Lake. Noranda Exploration reported defining 6 conductive horizons, 3 of these conductors are believed to be a result of sulphide iron formation. 1982: Lacana Mining Corporation conducted a ground EM survey over 5 claims just north of the southern Garnet Twp boundary, west of Fawn Creek. Lacana confirmed a number of anomalies indicated by map 80-547 of the Ontario Geological Survey's Swayze area Airborne Survey, performed by Questor Surveys Limited, released 1982. 1984: Western Pacific Energy Corporation conducted an airborne magnetic and VLF electromagnetic survey, performed by Terraquest Ltd., over an area to the immediate south of Travel Lake and covering the iron formation in this area. 1992-93: Noranda Exploration Co. conducted a regional reconnaissance program over an area that included the majority of the southwest corner of Garnet Twp. This program included reconnaissance scale mapping and sampling, stream geochemistry, soil geochemistry, and prospecting.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2969 / 2.8181 | 41O10NE9137 | 41O10NE9137 |
| T-2969 / 63.4494 | 41O09NW0087 | 41O09NW0087 |
| T-3572 / 2.15125 | 41O10NE9203 | 41O10NE9203 |
| T-3572 / 2.15175 | 41O10NE9204 | 41O10NE9204 |
| T-2080 | 41O09NW0102 | 41O09NW0102 |
| T-2827 / 2.2827 | 41O10NE0006 | 41O10NE0006 |
| T-2969 / 2.9422 | 41O09NW0084 | 41O09NW0084 |
| T-3572 / 2.15640 | 41O10NE0003 | 41O10NE0003 |
| T-2079 | 41O09NW0092 | 41O09NW0092 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Tectonic Assemblage: Garnet-Tooms
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2729 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - General trend of the iron formation appears to be in a northwestern direction with a sub-vertical dip.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Oxide Ironstone | 1 | Oxide-Facies | Banded Iron Formation | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Near |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Two surface exposures of iron formation in close proximity to each other. Both iron formation exposures consists of interbedded chert and magnetite and slate. Layers of magnetite and chert are reported to be between 1.5 and 30 cm. (Siragusa, 1983). The width of the slate layers vary from 1 cm. to 1 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Titanite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (K Houle) - Sample collected by Siragusa, 1983, and assayed by the Geoscience Laboratory of the Ontario Geological Survey, returned values of 44.2% Fe and 0.20 titanium oxide in the northern outcrop and 22.3% Fe and 0.22 titanium oxide in the southern outcrop.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1600 | 36 | 315 | 90 | N/A | N/A |
Map - Cunningham-Garnet area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51F Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Preliminary report on Woman river and ridout map areas, Sudbury district, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 157
Publication Number: GSC Mem 157 Page: 26 Date: 1929
Author: Emmons, R.C. and Thomson, E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100840
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-91/72/73 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Map - Geological series, Garnet Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P2340 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Cunningham and Garnet townships, Sudbury District
Publication Number: M2503 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of the Cunningham-Garnet area
Publication Number: ARV51-07 Date: 1997
Author: Meen V.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Sultan, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384E Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210453
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 334 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Garnet Lake area, Sudbury District
Publication Number: OFR5438 Date: 1983
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Garnet Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: R248 Page: 69 Date: 1987
Author: Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 99-100 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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