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| Record Name(s) | Multi Mineral Zone 3, 4, 5 - 1995 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1999-Jan-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Phosphate, Magnetite, Niobium
Township or Area: McNaught
Latitude: 47° 46' 39.93" Longitude: -83° 7' 10.55"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 341213.19 Northing: 5293774.81 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O14SE
Point Location Description: Zone 3 on Chart A, Study 32
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The old road from the Nemegos sideing on the main CP tracks has been washed out/dammed by beavers in several places. Therefore a traverse or all terrain vehicles are required to access the area of the detailed drilling.
1949: Nemogos Uranium initiated a uranium exploration program in the area, magnetometer survey; in 1951 diamond drilling was completed to test the various magnetic anomalies. In 1953 Multi Minerals optioned the property; a diamond drilling program resulted in the discovery of the No 3 and 4 magnetic anomalies; 1954 the company continued to diamond drill, the property was mapped and a petrographic study was completed; 1956-63 metallurgical testing to assess niobium concentrations in various magnetite and apatite zones; 1959 company completed another drilling program on Zones 3-5 and reserves were calculated. Fetio Industrial Minerals extracted 1300 tonnes of concentrate from no. 6 zone in 1970. 1975 Mertec Resources options the property but records no work. 1978 Multi Minerals completes a series of drill holes to test U content of various zones.2008: Rare Earth Metals Inc. and 6378366 Canada Inc. - compilation, prospecting, sampling, radiometric survey. 2009-2010: Rare Earth Metals Inc. - radiometriec survey, prospecting, sampling, airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-5840 / 2.39919 | 20000003677 | 20000003677 |
| T-6021 / 2.43542 | 20000005410 | 20000005410 |
| T-6110 / 2.45059 | 20000004627 | 20000004627 |
| T-2171 / 63.1791 | 41O14SE0052 | 41O14SE0052 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic Geochronological Age: 1078 =/- 7 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: Study 32, p. 32
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted in a large pipe-shaped alkaline complex. The Lackner Lake complex consists of a peripheral and core nepheline syenite, separated by a partial ring of alkalic mafic rocks (ijolite, malingite). The Lackner Lake complex is envoloped in gneissic rocks of the Kapuskasing Structural Zone. The mineralization is associated with a number of closely spaced shear zones and breccia.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ijolite | 1 | Ijolite | Foliated To Massive | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syenite | 2 | Syenite | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Apatite replaces foliated to massive, dark-green ijolitic rock. Visually there is little apparent difference between the ijolites of the higher-grade niobium zones and the ijolites in the hanging wall, except possibly that the former are less foliated and more massive.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The mineralization consists of granular, magnetite-apatite and pyrochlore concentrated along narrow seams within small shear zones. The pyrochlore occurs as finely disseminated grains and along irregular seams, without any apparent alteration of the adjacent rock.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Layered |
| 2 | Massive |
| 3 | Podiform |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular | 800 | 50 |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zones 3 & 4 | 1959 | Probable | 21130000 | OFR5912, Vol 1 p. 179 | Apatite (Nonmetals) 21.5 Percent, Magnetite 14 Percent, Niobium 0.14 Percent | |
| Zones 3 & 4 | 1959 | Unclassified | 33565835 | OGS Study 32, p.41 | 37,000,000 tons to 500 foot depth | Apatite (Nonmetals) 21.3 Percent, Niobium 0.17 Percent |
| Zones 3 & 4 | 1955 | Unclassified | 11000000 | Apatite (Nonmetals) 20 Percent, Magnetite 15 Percent, Niobium 0.14 Percent | ||
| Zone 3 | 1954 | Unclassified | 1964000 | OFR5912, Vol 1 p. 179 | Apatite (Nonmetals) 27.2 Percent, Magnetite 15.7 Percent, Niobium 0.17 Percent | |
| Zones 3 & 4 | 1953 | Possible | 25600000 | OFR5912, Vol 1, p. 179 | Apatite (Nonmetals) 22 Percent |
Map - Lackner Lake area, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: M2008 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Parsons G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Niobium-bearing complexes east of Lake Superior
Publication Number: R003 Page: 51-69 Date: 1997
Author: Parsons G.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 261-266 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology of carbonatite-alkalic rock complexes in Ontario: Lackner Lake alkalic rock complex, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: S032 Date: 1988
Author: Sage R.P.
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: 177-179 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Niobium (Columbium) deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 18
Publication Number: GSC EGR 18 Page: 35-45 Date: 1958
Author: Rowe, R. B.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102452
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