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| Record Name(s) | Ransom - 1981, Northwest Canalask Nickel Mines Ltd - 1981, Dominion Gulf Co. - 1981, Asbestos Corp. Ltd. - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Apr-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jan-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: McCool
Latitude: 48° 36' 27.28" Longitude: -80° 5' 5.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 567460.25 Northing: 5384237.748 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SE
Point Location Description: Diamond drill hole
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: A diamond drill hole 2.00 km south and 4.30 km east of teh northwest corner of McCool Twp.
1950: Dominion Gulf Co. and Asbestos Corp. Ltd. completed a magnetic survey and diamond drilled 24 holes totalling 16,196 feet. Chrysotile asbestos fibre no greater in length than 1/32 inch was intersected. 1961- 1963: Mid-North Engineering Services diamond drilled holes totalling about 1,000 feet. 1964: Northwest Canalask Nickel Mines Ltd. acquired claims from Mid-North Engineering Services after the success of Hedman Mines Ltd. at recovering fine grained serpentine filler from its mine in southern Warden Township. 1967: Union Carbide Explorations Ltd. completed an airborne electromagnetic survey. 1969: The claims were open for staking.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| DHR-25 | 42A09SE0053 | 42A09SE0053 |
| DHR-13 | 42A09SE0069 | 42A09SE0069 |
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Geological mapping (Satterly 1953; Johnstone and Trowell 1985; Jensen and Baker 1986; Gupta and Johnstone 1987; Johnstone and Steele 1989; Vagners 1984; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that bedrock in the area is largely glacial drift covered and consists mainly of weakly metamorphosed (greenschist or lower metamorphic grade) mafic to ultramafic volcanic and/or intrusive bodies of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dunite | 1 | Serpentinzed Dunite | Volcanic/Intrusive ? | N/A |
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| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite | Volcanic Or Instructive? | N/A |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (C Salo) - Satterly (1953) reported that: ...chrysotile asbestos is present in a few holes in cross-fibre veinlets mostly less than 1/32 inch and rarely as much as 1/8 inch wide, and also in veinlets associated with magnetite... (p.25).
Map - Geological series, preliminary results of bedrock samples from the sonic drilling, 1985, Lake Abitibi-Matheson area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2986 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1986
Author: Jensen L.S., Steele K.G., McClenaghan M.B., Baker C.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Black River-Matheson Area
Publication Number: OFM0013 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1985
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Geophysical/geochemical series, Matheson-Black River area, Michaud Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80597 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 1984
Author: Questor Surveys Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Quaternary geology of Matheson area, Cochrane District
Publication Number: P2735 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1985
Author: Vagners U.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Geology of McCool Township
Publication Number: ARV61-05 Page: 24-25 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR036 Page: 28 Date: 1998
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - McCool Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF380 Date: 1997
Author: Kirkland Lake RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Mineral occurrences, deposits, and mines of the Black River-Matheson area
Publication Number: OFR5735 Page: 890-893 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - A gravity survey in the Iroquois Falls-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP137.074 Page: 411-14 Date: 1997
Author: Gupta V.K., Johnstone R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.056S Page: 291-296 Date: 1997
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP136.294 Page: 200-214 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Article - Quaternary geology and geochemical exploration in the Matheson area
Publication Number: MP140.294 Date: 1997
Author: McClenaghan M.B., Lavin O.P., Nichol I., Shaw J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Article - Reconnaissance till sampling program, Matheson-Lake Abitibi area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP141.081 Page: 472-477 Date: 1997
Author: Steele K.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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