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MDI42A06NE00021
| Record Name(s) | Slade-Forbes Mine - 1987, Sparton - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1987-Apr-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Deloro
Latitude: 48° 24' 2.39" Longitude: -81° 13' 23.53"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 483479.38 Northing: 5360858.08 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1943: John Manville Company Ltd. carried out quarrying 1948-49 Bell Asbestos Company held option and extracted a small sample. 1949: Teegana Mines Limited completed prospecting and stripping 1951: Van Packer Mines of Canada Limited carried out geological and geophysical surveys and 1000 ft. of diamond drilling. 1952: Sparton Asbestos Mines Ltd. dug an open pit, 40 ft. square and 10 to15 ft. deep on the main showing. 1972: Hanna Mining Company conducted a lithology survey. 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration Ltd. Completed 4 diamond drill holes totalling 165m. 2009: San Gold Corporation completed a line-cutting and soil sampling geochemical survey on the property. 2011: SGX Resources Inc. completed Induced Polarization surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.43031 | 20000005337 | 20000005337 |
| 2.49845 | 20000006896 | 20000006896 |
| T-1978 | 42A06NE0421 | 42A06NE0421 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite - Dunite | Host |
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Feb 15, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - From geological map P.342 it appears that the asbestos fiber at the Slade-Forbes Mine occurs in the same dunitic sill or flow as the Daffodil asbestos deposit, although no upper differentiates have been exposed. There are two pits in the area of the main workings. Exposures near these pits show development of chrysotile asbestos veins in a uniformly serpentinized dunite that locally has good cumulate textures. The veins are up to 2 inches wide and are rather harsh; considerable talc-carbonate alteration is present. South of the northern pit, narrow zones of talc carbonate rock (about 7 m wide) alternate with the chysotile-bearing serpentinized dunite- these zones trend northeast. Chrysotile asbestos occurs in cross fiber veinlets in granular, serpentinized dunite of apple-green colour. Striking parallel to direction of the veins are 2 beds of basaltic komatiite about 25m thick. One of these is exposed south of the main pit and the other south of the southern pit. A third basaltic komatiite with a similar strike occurs near the waste pile where it is in contact with calc-alkalic basalt. The contact between the calc-alkalic basalt and the asbestos-bearing dunite strikes north and is therefore likely a fault contact. Further south, a contact between calc-alkalic basalt and dunite trends northeast and dips -60 SE. This northeast-trending diabase dike cuts the sequence to the south of the main open pit and a thin northwest trending felsic dike cuts the main asbestos zone to the north. In the open pit, a fault is exposed striking east-west and dipping 75 N. One set of fractures, carrying fiber, parallels this fault; Another set strikes N 10 E and also carries fiber. In the open pit the fiber appears to make up approximately 5% of the rock and is exposed over an area 50 ft. in diameter.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Carbonate | Economic | Gangue |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 2560 |
Asbestos 57 Tonnes |
IMR036, p.26, 43 | 63 short tons of asbestos fibre produced from 2822 short tons of treated material. |
| 1951 | 34 |
Asbestos 34 Tonnes |
IMR036, p.26, 43 | 38 short tons of asbestos fibre valued at $6300. |
| 1917 | 9 |
Asbestos 9 Tonnes |
IMR036, p.26, 43 | 10 short tons of asbestos produced at a value of $2150. |
File - Resident Geologist file T-0344
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Deloro Township, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: P2079 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Sangster P.J., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Northern Miner 52-02-28
Publication Number: NMINER Date: 1952
Author:
Publisher Name: Northern Miner
Location:
Map - Deloro Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0342 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV26.003 Page: 108 Date: 1998
Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., Stovel J.H., Bartlett J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Mining operations in 1952
Publication Number: ARV62-02 Page: 1-2 Date: 1997
Author: Field D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR001 Page: 6-7, 12-13 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 102 Date: 1997
Author: Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR036 Page: 26-27, 43 Date: 1998
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Timmins area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: R219 Page: 11, 54, 92 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Talc, magnesite and asbestos deposits in the Timmins-Kirkland Lake area, districts of Timiskaming and Cochrane
Publication Number: S028 Page: 8,43-46 Date: 1986
Author: Kretschmar U.H., Kretschmar D.K.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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