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| Record Name(s) | Jarvi Diamond - 1971 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-10 |
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Primary Commodities: Diamond
Township or Area: Sheraton
Latitude: 48° 24' .76" Longitude: -80° 47' 46.41"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 515082.812 Northing: 5360803.533 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A07NW
Point Location Description: On Kettle Lakes esker in the vicinty of Horn Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The property is accessible by travelling east from Timmins along highway 101 to the Gibson Lake Road approximately 3.5 km east of the Kettle Lakes Provincial Park turnoff. Turn south along the Gibson Lake road and travel for approximately 19 km.
1971: R. Jarvi - diamond discovered while conducting geochemical soils sample survey.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The diamond is described as a modified distorted dodecahedron with a cleavage face on one side.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Diamond | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The diamond was a 0.255 carat diamond.
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sheraton Township
Publication Number: P3387 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1999
Author: Vaillancourt C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Publication - Diamonds in Canada. CIM Bulletin, v. 71
Publication Number: CIM v.71 Page: 67 Date: 1978
Author: Brummer, J.J.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Location: Timmins RGP
Book - Resident Geologist personal communication, 91-06-06
Publication Number: Date: 1991
Author:
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Map - Geological Compilation of the Lake Abitibi Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt
Publication Number: P3398 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1999
Author: Ayer J.A., Berger B.R., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Timmins data series, Sheraton Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2074 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Maharaj D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Quaternary geology of the Matheson-Lake Abitibi area
Publication Number: OFR5836 Date: 1992
Author: McClenaghan M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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