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| Record Name(s) | Butler Lake Asbestos Deposit - 1940, Rennie-McDonough - 1985, Butler Lake Occurrence - 1977, Coulee Lead and Zinc Mines DDH-5 - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Dec-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Rennie
Latitude: 48° 25' 34.05" Longitude: -83° 54' 48.64"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 284472 Northing: 5367765 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42B05NW
Point Location Description: Outcrops on west side of Butler Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The occurrence lies on the west side of Butler Lake. It is accessible via the main haul road from either Dubreuilville in the west (68 km) or approximately 5 km along a secondary haul road that links the Renabie Road to the main haul road. The prospect is accessible by a short traverse to the site.
1940: discovery by J. Tremblay, trenching. 1952: Cobalt Products Ltd. - ground geophysical survey. 1953: Coulee Lead and Zinc Mines Limited - 1 ddh (464 ft). 1962: Westfield Minerals - airborne geophysical survey. 1983: Tundra Gold Mines Ltd. - airborne geophysics. 2007: Chalice Diamond Corporation - airborne geophysics
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| WP Meath.20/2.34531 | 20000002017 | 20000002017 |
| Meath 0017 / 63.1646 | 42C08NE0029 | 42C08NE0029 |
| Rennie 0012A1 | 42B05NW0094 | 42B05NW0094 |
| Rennie 0032 / 2.6293 | 42B05NW0014 | 42B05NW0014 |
| Rennie 0015A1 / 63.357 | 42B05NW0062 | 42B05NW0062 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pyroxenite | 1 | Serpentinized Pyroxenite And Peridotite | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granodiorite | 2 | Granodiorite To Quartz Monzonite | Gneissic | Contains |
Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - Asbestos fibres are found within a yellow-green to dark green waxy serpentinite. Minor amounts of cross-fibre asbestos also were oberved in an area 30 feet north of a blasted pit.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chrysotile | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 09, 2013 (A Wilson) - The average length of fibres on surface is about 0.06 inches, but some are up to 0.25 inches long. Diamond drilling by Coulee Lead and Zinc intersected 110.5 feet of chrysotile bearing rock; the best analyses were: 0.618% asbestos, 0.0327% asbestos, 1.04% absestos and 1.48% absestos over a core length of 25 feet. The company concluded that there was no commercial asbestos ore. Irregular magnetite stringers up to 0.5 inches thick also were observed about 15 feet east of the pit.
Book - Rennie Township unpublished GDIF
Publication Number: GDIF Date: 1985
Author: Resident Geologist Staff
Publisher Name:
Location: SSM RGO
MonoMap - Geology of the Chapleau area, districts of Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane
Publication Number: R157 Page: 228-229 Date: 1977
Author: Thurston P.C., Siragusa G.M., Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, districts of Algoma and Sudbury
Publication Number: R090 Page: 40 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 92 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario
Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 428-60 Date: 1985
Author: Rose, D.G.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Page: 317 Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Glasgow, Meath, and Rennie townships, Algoma and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2210 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1971
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Map - Rennie-Leeson area, District of Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L., Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Lochalsh-Missinaibi area, districts of Algoma and Sudbury, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM44C Scale: 1:95,040 Date: 1997
Author: Burwash E.M., Collins W.H., Thomson E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Rennie Township, District of Sudbury
Publication Number: P0404 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1997
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Chapleau-Foleyet, geological compilation series, Algoma, Cochrane and Sudbury districts
Publication Number: M2221 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1976
Author: Thurston P.C., Sage R.P., Siragusa G.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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