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| Record Name(s) | Great White Minerals Inc - 1995, Fripp Township Quartz Quarry - 1995 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 2002-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Feb-08 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica
Township or Area: Fripp
Latitude: 48° 16' 21.36" Longitude: -81° 24' 12.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 470057 Northing: 5346678 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A06SW
Point Location Description: Geographic centre of Aggregate Permit as shown on Fripp Tp. claim map
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessed by travelling south from Timmins on Pine Street about 15 km to a point 2 km past the Mountjoy River bridge. There, turn righ onto the Fripp/Price road and travel 4.9 km to the property road. Follow the property road a further 8 km to the quarry area.
1966: Acme Gas & Oil Limited - airborne geophysics. 1967: Larche & Rousseau - ground geophysics. 1983: Samim Canada Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 1990 - 1991: Dave Larche discovers high purity silica vein and completes manual stripping. 1992 - Great White Minerals Ltd. .- property acquisition; stripping, mapping sampling, percussion DD, DD-4, property evaluation, reserve calculation. 1998 - 2002: Great White Minerals - Intermittent or seasonal production. 2009: Melkior Resources Inc. - ground geophysics.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1377 / 63.2118 | 42A06SW8460 | 42A06SW8460 |
| T-2609 / 2.5718 | 42A06SW0066 | 42A06SW0066 |
| T-3454 / W9160-00131 | 42A03NW5009 | 42A03NW5009 |
| T-3454 / 2.18063 | 42A06SW2001 | 42A06SW2001 |
| T-3454 / W9560-00165 | 42A06SW0005 | 42A06SW0005 |
| T-3454 / OM92-102 | 42A06SW0009 | 42A06SW0009 |
| T-4010 / 2.18572 | 42A06SW2007 | 42A06SW2007 |
| T-5946 / 2.42516 | 20000000093 | 20000000093 |
| T-3454 | 42A03NW5008 | 42A03NW5008 |
| T-1365 / 63.2086 | 42A06SW0509 | 42A06SW0509 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Deloro
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Sep 08, 2014 (G Seim) - - Rocks underlying Fripp Township are dominated by the Peterlong Lake Complex, which forms the NE portion to the Kenogamissi. batholith. This pre- to syn tectonic felsic complex intrudes along the western edge of the Pacaud assemblage of supracrustal rocks. These are calc-alkaline mafic to intermediate volcanic rocks and lessor tholeiites, komatiites and metasedimentary rocks that range in age from 2745 to 2740 Ma.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Granite-Granodiorite | Near | |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz | Host |
Sep 08, 2014 (G Seim) - The deposit occurs at or near the contact between the intrusive complex and the metavolcanic rocks. K. Lapierre mapped the silica deposit in detail for Great White Minerals Ltd. The deposit is roughly circular in shape and divided into 3 zones or silica pulses. The A-zone, found along the western and southern portions of the deposit, contains less than 10% xenoliths. The B-zone occupies the central and northern portions of the deposit and contains 10 to 20 % xenoliths. The C-zone is found along the eastern portion of the deposit and contains more than 20% xenoliths. The deposit is cut by north- and by east-striking faults that tend to be filled by narrow lamprophyre dikes. The xenoliths found within the deposit are composed of mafic metavolcanic rock, granite and granodiorite. The richest zone is the A zone and is surrounded on the north, west and south by volcanic rocks and on the east by a probable fault.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Sep 08, 2014 (A Wilson) - Average normalized silica value of samples taken by the OGS was 99.65% SiO2. A quartz-chlorite rich area has been found to the south of the main silica showing and samples have yielded assay values up to 2.67 g/t Au, 1.0 g/t Ag, 2.42% Cu, 57 ppm Ni and 60 ppm Zn.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | 1993 | Unclassified | 100000 | OFR5948, p. 210 | silica used for decorative aggregate | Silica 99.6 Percent |
File - Resident Geologist file T-4623
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Mono - An Evaluation of Potential High-Purity Silica Sources: Preliminary Site Investigation, Volumes 1 and 2
Publication Number: OFR5948 Page: 209-218 Date: 1996
Author: McAuley J.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Timmins, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2455 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1982
Author: Pyke D.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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.
Publisher Name:
Location:
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
Location:
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 252 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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