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| Record Name(s) | Duval Option - 1974, Abitibi Asbestos DDH-1 - 1974 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: McArthur
Latitude: 48° 13' 1.56" Longitude: -81° 14' 50.77"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 481620 Northing: 5340460 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A03NW
Point Location Description: APPROX LOCN OF DH COLLAR FOR ABITIBI ASBESTOS DDH #1
Location Method: Based on Assessment
1952-53: Dominion Gulf Co. - geology, ground geophysics (T-526) 1957-58: Paymaster Consolidated Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, geology (T-526) 1964-65: North Frontier Exploration Limited - ground geophysics, geology (T-1069) 1966: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysics (T-1273) 1971,74: Abitibi Asbestos Co. Ltd. - ground geophysics, trenching, drilling - 5-422 m (T-47) 1973: Abitibi Asbestos Mining Company Limited - ground geophysics (T-1609) 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics (T-2416) 1990-91: BHP Minerals Ltd. -ground geophysics, geology, geochemistry (T-3480) 2004: Mustang Minerals Corp. - airborne geophysics (T-5088) 2008: Fletcher Nickel Inc. - geology, sampling, assays (T-5929)
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-0526 / 63.1071 | 42A03NE0044 | 42A03NE0044 |
| T-0047 / 2.863 | 42A03NE0039 | 42A03NE0039 |
| T-0047 / 2.711 | 42A03NE0038 | 42A03NE0038 |
| T-3480 / 2.14524 | 42A03NE0014 | 42A03NE0014 |
| T-3480 / 2.15008 | 42A03NE8838 | 42A03NE8838 |
| T-1069 | 42A03NE0501 | 42A03NE0501 |
| T-1069 / 63.1609 | 42A03NE0041 | 42A03NE0041 |
| T-1273 / 63.1899 | 42A03NE0020 | 42A03NE0020 |
| T-1609 / 2.1342 | 42A03NW0017 | 42A03NW0017 |
| T-2416 / 2.4291 | 42A06SW0507 | 42A06SW0507 |
| T-5088 / 2.29089 | 42A03NE2010 | 42A03NE2010 |
| T-5929 / 2.41745 | 20000004211 | 20000004211 |
| T-0526 / 63.240 | 42A03NW0021 | 42A03NW0021 |
| T-0047 | 42A03NE0500 | 42A03NE0500 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Komatiite | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided | 2 | Footwall |
Aug 23, 2012 (A Wilson) - The flows are heavily serpenitized throughout the first 200 ft of the drill hole. Drill holes terminate in intermediate metavolcanic rocks (andesite and rhyodacite). (T-47)
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore |
Aug 23, 2012 (D Draper) - Five of seven holes encountered asbestos in serpentinized ultramafics. Hole 1 intersected a 8-foot zone with fibre up to ½ inch followed by a 105-foot zone of over 10% asbestos, up to 1/8 inch. (T-47)
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Komatiite-hosted |
Map - Precambrian Geology of McArthur Township
Publication Number: P3583 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2007
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of McArthur, Bartlett, Douglas and Geikie townships (Redstone River area), District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: ARV35-06.002 Page: 44 Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR036 Page: 62 Date: 1998
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Redstone River area, District of Timiskaming
Publication Number: R161 Page: 34, 40 Date: 1978
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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
Article - Geological and Mineral Potential of McArthur Township in the Bartlett Dome, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: OFR6192.006 Page: 6.1-6.14 Date: 2006
Author: Houlé M.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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