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| Record Name(s) | Talisman Asbestos - 1955 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Nov-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Newton
Latitude: 47° 50' 56.69" Longitude: -82° 21' 42.94"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 398111.314 Northing: 5300424.25 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41O16SW
Point Location Description: Drill hole transferred from sketch map onto topo
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access is easiest by a traverse from the Claude Rundle Mine. This mine in turn is accessed via a 22 km secondary road which branches off the Dore - Pinelands Timber main haul road.
1950's: Hollinger Mines - trenching. Canadian John's Manville - ground geophysics. 1964: Placer Development - airborne EM survey, 1 ddh. 1976: Talisman Mines - prospecting. 1976: Shield Development - ground geophysical survey, 10 ddh (1200 m).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Swayze
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2700 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Basalt | Adjacent |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The ultramafic rocks are a series of east-trending flows which display spectacular spinifex textures. The ultramafics are in conformable contact with basalts to the north and extend southward across strike for over 1 kilometre. The zone of best asbestos fibre appears to be along the basalt-ultramafic contact.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - When the OGS visited the site in 1976, only two small areas good fibre, averaging perhaps 10% fibre was found. Recovery of fibre in core is problematic.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 90 |
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Rush Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF3384c Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
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 Scale: Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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