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| Record Name(s) | Ontario Rare Metals - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jul-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Niobium
Township or Area: McNaught
Latitude: 47° 46' 10.35" Longitude: -83° 8' 25.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 339623.2 Northing: 5292904.85 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O14SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole #1 transferred from a company ground magnetic map onto a 1:20,000 topographic
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Easy access to the area is possible via a secondary logging / mining access road that used to connect Highway 101 to Nemegos station and Highway 129. Presently the bridge over the Nemegosenda River has been demolished but this bridge is in the area of the prospect.
1954 Ontario Rare Metals carried out a ground magnetic survey. Following this a small diamond drill program ( 4 holes) tested a number of anomalies and a number of holes intersected possible fenites within gneisses. One intersection contained trace amounts of niobium. 2008 6378366 Canada Inc. and 6070205 Canada Inc. carried compilation, prospecting, sampling, assays, petrographic study and radiometric survey over the area (T-5840 / 2.39919).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5840 / 2.39919 | 20000003677 | 20000003677 |
| T-2174 / 12 | 41O14SE0044 | 41O14SE0044 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 10978 +/-7 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OGS STUDY 32, P.32
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - A number of faults occur in the vicinity of the prospect and trend northeast towards the Lackner Lake alkalic complex.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The Lackner Lake complex is enveloped ingneissic rocks of the Kapuskasing Structural Zone. The complex consists of peripheral and core nepheline syenites separated by a partial ring of alkalic mafic rocks (ijolite and malingite). This occurrence lies within the gneisses outside of the Lackner Lake complex. The trace mineralization appears to be associated with fenite alteration of gneisses within the Kapuskasing Structure.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Fenite | 1 | Fenite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Gneiss |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The trace mineralization would appear to be associated with fenite alteration of gneisses within the Kapuskasing structure. This alteration is apparent from the red discolouration, and growth of pyroxene and biotite in the gneisses.
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The gneisses that returned elevated niobium levels in drillcore are locally reddened and pyroxenitized or biotitized, or both. They are also cut by numerous mafic dikes.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyroxene | Alteration | Fenitic | 5 | Unknown | Replacement |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - Only trace values of niobium were reported in fenitized gneisses. Ontario Rare Metals reported 0.02% Nb2O5 in Drill hole 2- Dunn #4 (41O14SE0044)
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 5 | Hydrothermal |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 5 | Unknown |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 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-106 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D. G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Compend - Summary of field work, 1976
Publication Number: MP067 Page: 73 Date: 1976
Author: Milne V.G., Cowan W.R., Card K.D., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 50 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Niobium-bearing complexes east of Lake Superior
Publication Number: R003 Page: 63 Date: 1997
Author: Parsons G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 52 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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: 176-177 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of carbonatite-alkalic rock complexes in Ontario: Lackner Lake alkalic rock complex, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: S032 Page: 52 Date: 1988
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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