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Record: MDI42A06NE00035

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wright Estate - 1967, Claim Hr.890 - 1967, Asbestos Corp of Canada DDH 51-S-3 - 1951
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-17
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-03
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Asbestos



Location

Township or Area: Shaw

Latitude: 48° 25' 20.91"    Longitude: -81° 12' 7.82"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 485042.412   Northing: 5363278.105    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: Drill collar for drill hole 51-S-3 in claim P13414

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1951: Asbestos Corporation of Canada - 4 ddh (1182 ft).


Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro

Geological Age: Neoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Olivine Gabbro 1 Olivine Diabase Contains
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Near

Lithology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The drill log indicates that asbestos was identified in serpentinized dunite. Mapping indicates that the showing is at the contact between an olivine diabase dike and intermediate metavolcanic rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AsbestosEconomicOre
CarbonateAlterationCarbonatization1

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The best grade was 2% asbestos; including 7 veinlets at 1/4 in. and 7 veinlets at 3/16 in. fibres within a serpentinized dunite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 42A-93  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D. G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


File - Resident Geologist file T-430

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Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Shaw Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2091 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Shaw Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P0343 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 66-67  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 Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

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Core - Resident Geologist core library

Publication Number: Date: 1901

Author:

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Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Pyke D.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Ogden, Deloro and Shaw townships, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: OFR5012 Page: 107  Date: 1997

Author: Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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