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| Record Name(s) | Wait Island - 1928 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 2000-Jun-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum
Secondary Commodities: Limestone (Chemical/Flux)
Township or Area: Ebbitt
Latitude: 50° 53' 15.78" Longitude: -81° 10' 49.23"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 487314.857 Northing: 5637354.17 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42I14NE
Point Location Description: General--exposures extend for 1 km on south bank; ODM 1964 sample locn #4 selected for locn point
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: Occurrence is 7 miles (11 km) downstream of Moose River Crossing bridge. The area can be accessed in the summer by train (ONR line from Cochrane to Moosonee, Ontario), river (canoe or inflatable boat), or helicopter. In winter, access is by winter roads, train and helicopter. (OGS OFR 5728, pp.3,5).
1964--Ontario Dept of Mines: Channel sampling and analyses 1988--Ontario Geological Survey: Mapping and sampling, geochemistry.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Paleozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Gypsum occurrences of the Moose River Basin are considered part of the lower Middle Devonian Moose River Formation. (GSC MEM 379, p.90). The beds here are composed almost entirely of greyish crystalline gypsum with spots of brownish selenite and are not so cavernous or pillared as the beds further upstream, but occur as sloping banks. Maximum thickness is about 13 feet. (AR Vol 37-6, p.41).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gypsum | 1 | Host |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - [Q] Outcrops consist of 10-15 feet of gypsum-limestone breccia which overlie 4 feet of wavy-bedded, resinous-brown and white, coarsely recrystallized selenitic gypsum. Underlying this is massive, medium-grained, white gypsum, containing numerous eyes and healed fractures of recrystallized brown selenite and minor thin limey laminae. (MDC 26, p.119).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Ont. Dept. of Mines analyzed a 13-foot vertical channel sample (1964), which returned a value of 97.04% gypsum (IMR 18, p.58) Bezys analysis returned a gypsum value of 98.42% (OFR 5728, p.101, Site# 51).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Evaporite |
Map - Moose River Basin, District of Cochrane, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM37P Scale: 1:506,880 Date: 1997
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Part - Geology and economic deposits of the Moose River basin
Publication Number: ARV37-06.001 Page: 40-41 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Onakawana sheet, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0375 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gypsum in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR018 Page: 43, 53-58 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Moosonee sheet, geological compilation series, Cochrane District
Publication Number: M2171 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Publication - Geology and bibliography of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Operation Winisk; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-60
Publication Number: Paper 67-60 Page: 42 Date: 1968
Author: Sanford, B V; Norris, A W; Bostock, H H; Bell, R T
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100932
Publication - Devonian stratigraphy of the Hudson Platform; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 379
Publication Number: GSC Mem 379 Page: 91 Date: 1975
Author: Sanford, B V; Norris, A W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/127033
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 119 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Gypsum in northern Ontario: resources and market potential
Publication Number: IMBP012 Date: 1997
Author: Hains Technology Assoc., Bezys R.K., Muir J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Location:
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