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| Record Name(s) | Redore - 1938, Alike Lake - 1968, Leach and Johns - 1931 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Jun-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Beryl, Tin, Niobium, Tantalum
Secondary Commodities: Molybdenum
Township or Area: Whalen
Latitude: 47° 50' 25.49" Longitude: -81° 51' 59.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 435158.01 Northing: 5298926.71 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 41P13SW
Point Location Description: Pegmatite outcrop adjacent to CN mainline railway just north of mile 98.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Recently easier access to the area is possible via the Gogama Unit Main Haul road from Highway 144 in the south. From this main haul road a new logging road has been constructed to provide access to Des Rosiers Township and crosses the railway tracks about 6km northwest from the pegmatite prospect.
1925 C. Johns, R. Leach and J. Lahard: prospecting. 1931 Bethnal Mineral Waters: hydrogeology, prospecting. 1932 Ramsay: prospecting, sampling. 1938 Yorke Hardy, Redore Mining Company, Leagra Mining Syndicate: prospecting, geology, assays. 1946 Redore Mining Company: prospecting. 1948 Redore Mining Company: stripping, trenching, radiometric survey. 2010 Shynkorenko, E.: Assays, Pr. 2011 Hermesten, P.: Assays, Pr.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2261 / 2.47473 | 20000006140 | 20000006140 |
| T-6326 / 2.50154 | 20000006979 | 20000006979 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2600 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OF 3384A - GSC
Metamorphism Type: Regional
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Biotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Biotite, Hornblende | Host | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Vein | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The host Kenogamissi granite body in the area consists of a massive to weekly foliated, medium grained (1 to 3mm), biotite, hornblende granite. Hornblende is anhedral and forms about 5% of the rock. Biotite forms between 5 and 10% of the rock. Quartz which forms about 20 to 30% of the rock locally has a discrete red brown stain. In the general area there are numerous small pegmatite bodies which have an irregular form but a rough average trend north - south. These pegmatites are repetitively zoned with a variable grain size and mineral percentages. The minerals present include quartz, feldspar, and biotite. At the showing the host pegmatite is a coarse mixture of quartz and feldspar with some pure feldspar crystals up to 30cm though typically the crystals are less than 10cm. Quartz forms 20% of the rock, feldspar forms 80% and muscovite and biotite occur locally. There are also some large boulders probably locally derived which are formed from a quartz stockwork cutting granite with veins up to 40cm thick. Within this quartz material there are some fine grained aggregates of black fine grained metallic minerals associated with chlorite. Considerable chlorite, magnetite, and garnets together with euxenite have been reported but was not observed.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (S Fumerton) - The only observed mineralization is within the quartz stockwork veins in which fine grained metallic minerals are irregularly disseminated. Also within these quartz veins there are some acicular aggregates of molybdenite up to 2cm in size. Several grains of possible euxenite have been reported in samples of pegmatite.
Nov 21, 2012 (P Bousquet) - Surface pegmatites ranging between 30m (100') and 120m (400') were traced up to one kilometre (3/4mile). Analyses had the following maximum values: 2.05% Sn, 3.2%Be, 0.509% Nb2O3, 0.95%Ta2O5 (T-4284).
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0004 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0003 | % | |||
| Molybdenum | Unknown | .0005 | % | |||
| Tin | Unknown | .006 | % | |||
| Tin | Unknown | .001 | % | |||
| Tin | Unknown | .004 | % |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Magmatic |
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabular | 1000 | 30 | 160 | N/A | N/A |
Date: Jun 30, 1993
Geologist: S Fumerton
Notes: A visit was made to the property at Mile 98 on the CNR mainline. At the location an old cabin has been converted to a hunters cabin and is marked on old maps as Bethnal Springs. This cabin may be left over from the exploration program. The trenching marked as south and west of the mile post and sampled by the GSC sixty years ago was not found though there was some pegmatitic material around. However, just to the north of the mile post there is a steep cliff face underlain by a large pegmatite body and containing some mineralization. No trenches or signs of the early workings was found. A conversation was held with the owner of the nearby Camp Ketchini/Camp Kenda fishing lodges, who has lived in the immediate area for over forty years. During this conversation mention was made that the previous owner of the lodges talked about a small scale mining operation at mile 98 in which single railway cars were loaded with rock.
File - Resident Geologist files T-4284
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Gogama sheet, districts of Sudbury and Timiskaming
Publication Number: P0151 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Savage W.S., Fenwick K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Geology of Canadian beryllium deposits; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 23
Publication Number: Econ Geol 23 Page: 79 Date: 1968
Author: Mulligan, R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102457
Map - Geology, Swayze greenstone belt, Mattagami Lake, Ontario
Publication Number: OF 3384D Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Heather, K B; Shore, G T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/210452
Publication - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Book - Canadian mines handbook 1948
Publication Number: CMH 1947 Date: 1948
Author: Northern Miner Press
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP
Publication - Rare-element minerals of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 11
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 11 Date: 1932
Author: Ellsworth, H V
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102445
Book - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Publication - Niobium (columbium) and tantalum in Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Report 29
Publication Number: GSC EGR 29 Date: 1974
Author: Dawson, K.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103996
Publication - Tin in Canada: Occurrences and uses; Canada Mines Branch Memoir Series 125
Publication Number: MS 125 Date: 1953
Author: McClelland, W.R.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: Timmins RGP
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 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: 490-492 Date: 1995
Author: Fumerton S.L., Houle K.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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