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Record: MDI42A03NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gauthier Property - 1957, Allerston Option - 1960
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-08
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Asbestos



Location

Township or Area: Geikie

Latitude: 48° 10' 29.42"    Longitude: -81° 10' 31.59"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 486957.002   Northing: 5335747.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A03NE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1951-52: Dominion Gulf Company - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, mapping. 1959-60: Ultra-Shawkey Mines Limited - ground geophysics, mapping, prospecting. 1972-73: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics. 1992-93: BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. - geology, geochemistry, ground geophysics, sampling. 1998: Grant and Collins - ground geophysics, mapping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-79 42A03NE0051 42A03NE0051
T-3480 42A03NE8840 42A03NE8840
T-3840 42A03NE0014 42A03NE0014
T-4125 42A03NE2003 42A03NE2003
T-79 42A03NE0054 42A03NE0054

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Host

Lithology Comments

Jul 11, 2007 (A Wilson) - Several outcrops of serpentinized perodiotite are found west of the Redstone River in northwestern Geikie Township.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2SerpentineEconomic And AlterationOreSerpentinization1WeakReplacement
1AsbestosEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jul 11, 2007 (A Wilson) - The asbestos is sparse and too short to make ore.



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files T-463, T-622

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Geological series, Geikie Township, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: P0746 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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


Map - Bartlett and Geikie townships, Timiskaming District

Publication Number: M2364 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1976

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

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Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 65  Date: 1985

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Matachewan Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3527 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 2003

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F., Josey S.D., Nevills M., Valade L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming

Publication Number: R161 Page: 44-45  Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Peterlong Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Sudbury

Publication Number: R171 Page: 46  Date: 1978

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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