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| Record Name(s) | Aguasabon River No. 1 - 9999, Upper Canadian - 1863, Black River Occurrence - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-31 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary Commodities: Barite, Silver, Fluorite
Township or Area: Strey
Latitude: 48° 46' 43.4" Longitude: -87° 7' 13.09"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 491161.73 Northing: 5402864.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 42D14SE
Point Location Description: 28 m Falls near the mouth of the Auguasabon River.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located on Mineral Location No. 1 in Strey Township approximately 1.5 km west of the town of Terrace Bay. The occurrence is located in a fault at a 28 m falls near the mouth of the Aguasabon (Black) River (claim map G-633). Access is available by the road to Aguasabon Falls. A walkway leads to a scenic view of the falls. A hiking trails leads from this area to where the showing is assumed to be located.
1863: The property was owned by the Upper Canadian Mining Company. No assessment files have been found for the area.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Schreiber-Hemlo
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - The general geology consists of granitic rocks of the Terrace Bay batholith, chiefly composed of granodiorite. The granitic rocks are highly fractured and jointed and have been intruded by numerous mafic dikes. A narrow barite fluorite vein occurs in a fault near the 28 m falls in the Aguasabon River.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granodiorite | 1 | Host |
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| Gabbroid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Near | ||
| Vein | 3 | Fluorite-Barite | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| Fluorite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 1 | Unknown | Disseminated | ||
| Barite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 2 | Unknown | Disseminated |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - A narrow barite fluorite vein occurs in a fault near the 28 m falls in the Aguasabon River. Hopkins (1922) reports assays of 2 ounces Ag per ton from this occurrence. Veins containing 'copper ores', i.e. chalcopyrite have also been reported (Resident Geologist's files, Schreiber Hemlo District, Thunder Bay).
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Page: 338-339 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Schreiber-Duck Lake area
Publication Number: ARV30-04.001 Date: 1998
Author: Hopkins P.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology of the Terrace Bay area, east sheet, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: P2418 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1981
Author: Carter M.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist files
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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