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| Record Name(s) | Long Rapids West - 2004, Smoky Falls Refractory Company - 1949, A. Hilder - 1932, General Refractory Products Ltd. - 1934 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1980-Dec-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-21 |
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Primary Commodities: Silica Sand, Clay
Township or Area: Kipling
Latitude: 50° 9' .3" Longitude: -82° 12' 57.04"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 413136.77 Northing: 5556025.47 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J01NE
Point Location Description: Shaft on claim S-24480, west bank of river north of rapids
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 12-claim group on the west bank of Mattagami River immediately north of H.E.P.C. Reserve at north end of Long Rapids. Access is via Hwy 807 from Smooth Rock Falls 45 miles north to Fraserdale junction on the Ontario Northland Railway, then west 20 miles by private road (Ontario Hydro) to Smoky Falls, then north 6 miles by dirt road on west side of Mattagami River to Kipling generating station. (See also Kilborn Limited feasibility study p. 1-3, Figure 1-1, AF T-3216 for regional location and access map).
1926: Coniagas Mines- Borehole drilling on claim S6852; samples tested by University of Toronto. 1926: Ontario Department of Mines - 3 auger holes on west bank (M, K, L), sampling, clay tests. 1932-33: A. Hilder - Prospecting and staking; sampling and analyses. 1933: Minefinders Limited: Test shaft sunk (8 x 10ft, 25ft deep on Claim S24480); 5 tons of material from shaft sent for analysis 1935, Cole and McMahon, Can. Dept. of Mines: Field visit, 6ft x 5ft pit, auger holes, sampling, analyses. 1934: Minefinders Limited/General Refractory Products Limited: Operating company formed; 18 holes drilled to average depth of 78ft over a 6 acre area; 8 miles of bush road cut from Smoky Falls to occurrence; pit excavation (150ft x 350ft x 30ft); auger drilling. 1940: Missinaibi Clays and Mining Limited - Leased property 1942 to 1943; Permanent road from Smoky Falls established; production equipment installed. Minor production of silica sand and fireclay (86 tons and 898 tons). 1950: Property sold to F.W. Warren. 1959-60: Ventures Limited - American Nepheline Limited ELO - drilling program - hole MR1 drilled 200ft west of western boundary of Warren patents. 1975: Claims held by the Mr. F.W. Warren Est.1981: Selco Inc. / Lignasco Resources Ltd. joint venture: High resolution aeromagnetic survey. 1987: Black Gregor Explorations: Amag, AVLF. 1996: Great Lakes Kaolin- AMag, AVLF.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-2413 / 63.4114 | 20000005109 | 20000005109 |
| T-2413 / 63.4114 / OM81-5C-132 / 42I04NW8082 | 42J01NE8099 | 42J01NE8099 |
| T-0694 | 42J08NW8078 | 42J08NW8078 |
| T-3157/ 2.10744 | 42J01NE0006 | 42J01NE0006 |
| T-2413 | 42I04NW8082 | 42I04NW8082 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: Cretaceous Geochron. Age Ref.: MP113, p. 65
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Refractory Clay | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand | 2 | Kaolinitic Silica Sand | Is |
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Minefinder's 25ft shaft intersected Cretaceous sediments as follows: 3-5ft, silica sand; 5-10ft, red and grey plastic fireclay; 10-22ft, silica sand and kaolin; 22-25ft, white plastic fireclay. The beds were found to be dipping southeasterly. Drilling to the north of the shaft indicated the fireclays are situated between an upper and a lower unit of silica sand - kaolin and, while varying in thickness, these units were found to persist laterally for over 1200ft. Of the 11 holes that intersected these beds, the average widths were initially found to be 9ft for the upper kaolinitic silica sand unit and 21ft for the fireclays, with the lower kaolinitic silica sand unit estimated to be at least 20ft thick. Follow up auger holes in the pit area encountered fireclay up to 45ft thick.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Kaolin | Economic | Ore |
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Holes put down in 1926 on clm S6852 intersected 20 feet of silica sand and bottomed in fire clay. U. of Toronto testing of samples indicated the sand contained 8 - 10% kaolin, and found the clay to fuse in a range from cone 28 to 32. Results of recovery tests in 1934 showed up to 20% kaolin could be obtained from the silica sand. The fireclays tested from Cone 30 1/2 to 32 1/2. One sample of silica sand was rated at 98.05% silica. Later drilling indicated 6 to 9m of refractory clay (PCE 31 1/2) beneath 13m of overburden. The Ventures - ANL hole MR1 to the west intersected high purity silica sand (95% quartz) with low kaolin content from 208 to 218 feet, then stopped in fireclay (cream-grey with reddish mottling and a smooth, dense, plastic texture) at 221.5ft.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Main | 1935 | Unclassified | 586500 | Hilder, CIM Transactions 1935, p.117 | 325,000 tons fireclay; 200,000 tons silica sand; 50,000 tons kaolin over 6 acres |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | 516 |
Clay 508 Tonne |
OFR5157, p. 50 | 508 TONS OF FIRECLAY |
| 1942 | 484 |
Clay 390 Tons Silica Sand 86 Tons |
OFR5157, p. 50 | 390 tons fireclay and 86 tons silica sand |
File - Resident Geologist files T-4115, T-5060
Publication Number: Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Little Long Rapids sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0396 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Economic geology of the Cretaceous deposits, Moose River Basin, Ontario, general appraisal
Publication Number: OFR5157 Page: 49-51 Date: 1975
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC026 Page: 121 Date: 1985
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., McKnight R.L.W., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Fire clay, kaolin, and silica sand deposits of the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers
Publication Number: ARV37-06.003 Page: Loc'n 1 Date: 1998
Author: Montgomery R.J., Watson R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Operation Kapuskasing
Publication Number: MP010 Page: 75-79 Date: 1967
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J., Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Bore hole mining of silica sand and kaolinite clay in the James Bay Lowlands, Ontario; feasibility and cost analysis
Publication Number: OFR5427 Date: 1983
Author: Derry, Michener, Booth and Wahl, IMD Laboratories Ltd
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - CIM Transactions: Mattagami River Refractory Clays, p. 110-122
Publication Number: CIMM Date: 1935
Author: A. E. Hilder
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGO Tech Paper File
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