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| Record Name(s) | Quebec Asbestos DDH No 2 - 1950, Nellie Lake Property - 1950, Amax Calvert-5 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Feb-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Calvert
Latitude: 48° 46' 52.6" Longitude: -80° 48' 22.37"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 514236 Northing: 5403160 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42A15SW
Point Location Description: Drill collar on former claim 29721
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving west from Iroquois Falls along highway 578 to highway 11 and then drive north along highway 11 for approximately 1.5 km to a pipeline access road. Drive east for approximately 500 m. The drill site is located on the south side of the road.
1950: Quebec Asbestos Corporation - ground geophysics, 2 ddh (1189 ft). 1981: Amax Minerals Exploration - airborne geophysics, mapping, prospecting. 1996: Falconbridge Limited - enzyme leach survey.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-3740 / 42A15NW0028 | 42A15NW0028 | 42A15NW0028 |
| T-2356 / 42A10NE0020 | 42A10NE0020 | 42A10NE0020 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Abitibi
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Abitibi
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2706 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: MP169 p. 75
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Peridotite | 1 | Peridotite | Serpentinized | Contains |
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| Gabbro | 2 | Gabbro | Hanging Wall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - Diamond drilling intersected a sequence of massive, coarse-grained peridotite. Narrow veins and stringers of asbestos was observed at depth. The peridotite is overlain by a thick sequence of gabbro and diabase(?).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asbestos | Economic | Ore |
Jun 22, 2012 (A Wilson) - Drill hole 50-2 intersected less than 2% fibre in stringers less than 1/8 inch long. Asbestos was intersected between 420 and 630 feet.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
File - Resident Geologist files T-394
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Timmins data series, Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P2306 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1980
Author: Hunt D.S., Richard J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Asbestos in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR036 Page: 55 Date: 1998
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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Core - Timmins Drill Core Library
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Location: Timmins RGP
Map - Geological Compilation: Fox, Stimson, Pyne, Mortimer, Sherring, Aurora, Edwards, Wesley, Calvert, Terry and Rickard Townships
Publication Number: P3393 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1999
Author: Barrie C.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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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
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Map - Calvert Township, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: P0154 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Ginn R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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