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| Record Name(s) | Mile 12 Occurrence - 1926 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1999-Aug-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Chabanel
Latitude: 48° 2' 37.91" Longitude: -84° 44' 12.3"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 668680.45 Northing: 5323653.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02SW
Point Location Description: Occurrence 15 compilation map 5 in OFR 5586
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: The site is accessible by driving to Siderite Junction and then taking the left fork of the bush road into the fume kill. Drive for approximately 2 km to the railway tracks and then walk along the railway tracks for approximately 2 km. The occurrence is on the west side of the railway track.
Pre-1926:discovery and prospecting. 1951: Jalore Mining Company: mapping.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5888
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence may be a faulted segment from the east end of the Mildred Lake Iron Range. It consists of a short segment of iron formation lying in contact with a quartz-eye crystall tuff.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felsic Crystal Tuff | 2 | Felsic To Intermediate | Quartz-Eye Crystal Tuff | Footwall |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The exposure is described as consisting of a breccia of white and dark siliceous material discoloured with limonite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siderite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Limonite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - No analyses have been published. The occurrence consists of pyrite mixed with siderite.
| Shape | Length | Thickness | Depth | Strike | Dip | Plunge | Trend | Age | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100 | 90 | 2750 MA | OFR5888 |
Map - Michipicoten area, compilation sheet, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0184 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Chabanel, Esquega, Lastheels and McMurray Townships, District of Algoma
Publication Number: OFR5586 Scale: Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of Chabanel Township, Algoma District
Publication Number: P2439 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1982
Author: Sage R.P., Rebic Z., Abercrombie S., Neale K., MacMillan D.W., England D., Calvert T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, McMurray Township and parts of surrounding townships, formerly Township 29, Range 23, District of Algoma
Publication Number: P0828 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1973
Author: Rupert R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Publication - Michipicoten Iron Ranges; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 147
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 147 Scale: Date: 1926
Author: Collins, W H; Quirke, T T; Thomson, E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100849
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