Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Sams Lake - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: MacMurchy
Latitude: 47° 39' 13.68" Longitude: -81° 9' 16.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 488386.69 Northing: 5277834.198 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 41P11NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop N side sams Lake (Montreal river), No. 18 on Map 2365
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Chrysotile | Economic | Ore |
Mar 31, 2023 (Q Unknown) - The deposit is located on the northeastern shore of Sams Lake, Macmurchy Township and consists of a ramifying network of soft cross-fibre asbestos veinlets about 0.6 cm wide in serpentinite. The deposit occurs over an area of 15 m square, the veins being about 15 cm apart.
Map - Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, Sudbury and Timiskaming districts
Publication Number: M2365 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1977
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Macmurchy and Tyrrell townships, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming
Publication Number: R152 Page: 32 Date: 1977
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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