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| Record Name(s) | Flagro - 1981, Flagro Mines Ltd. - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Apr-06 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Munro
Latitude: 48° 37' 5.4" Longitude: -80° 8' 36.38"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 563128.206 Northing: 5385364.768 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kirkland Lake
NTS Grid: 42A09SE
Point Location Description: A point 0.80 km south and 0.10 km west of the northeast corner of Munro Township.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1951: Flagro Mines Ltd. completed a magnetic survey and diamond drilled one vertical hole 343 feet (Satterly 1952).
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Tectonic Assemblage: Stoughton-Roquemaure
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Near |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peridotite | 2 | Peridotite; Srp, Asb, Tlc | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - A single diamond drill hole totalling 343 feet (The Northern Miner, June 19, July 3, 1952) encountered serpentinized peridotite mineralized with talc and ...only a little asbestos fibre of no commercial value... (Hewitt and Satterly 1953, p.15). Geological mapping (Satterly 1952; Johnstone and Trowell 1985, 1984; Jensen and Baker 1986; Johnstone 1987; Johnstone and steele 1989; Vagners 1984; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that the hole intersected volcanic and/or intrusive rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Serpentine | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Talc | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Asbestos | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 5 | Tremolite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 6 | Actinolite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Serpentine | Alteration | Serpentinization | 1 |
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - A single diamond drill hole totalling 343 feet (The Northern Miner, June 19, July 3, 1952) encountered serpentinized peridotite mineralized with talc and ...only a little asbestos fibre of no commercial value... (Hewitt and Satterly 1953, p.15). Geological mapping (Satterly 1952; Johnstone and Trowell 1985, 1984; Jensen and Baker 1986; Johnstone 1987; Johnstone and steele 1989; Vagners 1984; McClenaghan et al. 1988, 1987; Steele 1988) indicates that the hole intersected volcanic and/or intrusive rocks of the (Archean) Stoughton-Roquemaure Group.
Dec 07, 2005 (R Degagne) - A single diamond drill hole totalling 343 feet (The Northern Miner, June 19, July 3, 1952) encountered serpentinized peridotite mineralized with talc and ...only a little asbestos fibre of no commercial value... (Hewitt and Satterly 1953, p.15).
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown |
Date: Jan 31, 1997
Geologist: R Degagne
Notes: N/A
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, Munro Township, airborne electromagnetic survey, total intensity magnetic survey, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: M80586 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 Munro Township
Publication Number: ARV60-08 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Township of Munro, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: M1951-05 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J., Hogg N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR036 Page: 29 Date: 1998
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Folio - Munro Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: GDIF361 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: 296-299 Date: 1990
Author: Bath A.C.
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
Location:
Article - Precambrian geology of the Black River-Matheson (BRIM) area, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: MP126.056S Date: 1997
Author: Johnstone R.M., Trowell N.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR001 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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