Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Eby - 1981, Scott - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jan-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Barite
Township or Area: Lawson
Latitude: 47° 39' 14.65" Longitude: -80° 33' 31.9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 533126.234 Northing: 5277946.853 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P10NE
Point Location Description: Pit
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Pre-1920: H.D. Eby held the claim. 1939-1940: H.D. Eby and Co. shipped 225 tons of barite from the open cut. 1970: William Pollak & Sons Ltd. completed one diamond drill hole totaling 70 ft. 2011-2012: Michael Nemcsok completed prospecting on the property. 2018: Michael Nemcsok completed overburden stripping, trenching, and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | 41P10NE0708 | 41P10NE0708 |
| CO-3679 / 2.50559 | 20000006419 | 20000006419 |
| 20000017212 | 20000017212 |
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Nipissing diabase sill |
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Mar 23, 2023 (Sheree Hinz) - E.S. Moore (1965) describes several ages of diabase in the region, present as both dikes and sills. The barite occurs in a fracture of an early Nipissing diabase sill.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 23, 2023 (Sheree Hinz) - The barite is an irregular lens, 60 feet long by 8 feet wide, cutting medium to coarse-grained Nipissing diabase. It lies in low ground between two parallel ridges of diabase 100 feet apart. The lens strikes N 75 degrees E and dips vertically.
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | 75 |
Barite 75 Tonnes |
IMR010 p.20 | |
| 1939 | 128 |
Barite 128 Tonnes |
IMR010 p.20 |
Map - Chown and Lawson townships, Timiskaming District
Publication Number: M2150 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 19-21 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Elk Lake area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R062 Page: 40-41 Date: 1968
Author: MacKean B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of the Miller Lake portion of the Gowganda silver area
Publication Number: ARV64-05 Date: 1997
Author: Moore E.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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