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| Record Name(s) | Argor Hole V-2-3 - 1969, Valentine Carbonatite - 1980 |
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| Related Record Type | Partial |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Dec-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-09 |
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Primary Commodities: Niobium, Phosphate
Secondary Commodities: Uranium, Vanadium
Township or Area: Valentine
Latitude: 50° 14' 34.5" Longitude: -81° 37' 51.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 455012.85 Northing: 5565830.39 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42I04NE
Point Location Description: Collar of Argor Exploration hole # V-2-3
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Township is 130 km north of Smooth Rock Falls. Access is via Highway 655 and Highway 11 from Timmins to Smooth Rock Falls, then north along Hwy 634 to Fraserdale and then via helicopter from Fraserdale. The occurrence is approximately 4 - 5km east of the river and is easily accessible only by helicopter.
1967-1969: Argor Explorations Ltd- Airmag survey, DD-1- 2000ft. 2003: Big Red Diamond Corporation: Amag, AVLF-EM
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-1410 / 63.2234 | 42I04NE0007 | 42I04NE0007 |
| T-1410 | 42I04NE0013 | 42I04NE0013 |
| T-1410 / 63.2194 | 42I04NE0009 | 42I04NE0009 |
| T-4940 / 2.26854 | 42I05SE2005 | 42I05SE2005 |
Province: Kapuskasing Structural Zone
Geological Age: Neoarchean
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - The carbonatite complex does not outcrop at surface but lies buried beneath a minimum of 120m of overburden and Paleozoic rocks. The age of the complex is unknown but is assumed to be Late Precambrian.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonatite-Unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Argor drill-hole V-2-3 drilled at dip of 50 degrees south to depth of 2000ft, intersected carbonatites interbanded with syenitic rocks at 548ft downhole.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Hole V-2-3 assayed up to 0.22% Nb2O5 over 77m. OGS whole-rock analyses of drill samples obtained 3 results of 9.8, 11.2 and 13 weight percent of P2O5 and up to 6000ppm of Nb. Up to 9.6% P2O5 over 10ft, radioactivity (0.02% U3O8) and a single assay of 0.02% V2O5 was noted in Argor drill-log.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Carbonatite |
Map - Otter Rapids sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0370 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Aeromagnetic maps of carbonatite-alkalic complexes in Ontario
Publication Number: P0452-REV Scale: 1:4,224,000 Date: 1997
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 45 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Geology of the Valentine Township carbonatite complex
Publication Number: OFR5418 Date: 1984
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 119-120 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology of carbonatite-alkalic rock complexes in Ontario: Valentine Township carbonatite complex, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: S039 Date: 1988
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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