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| Record Name(s) | Pike Creek - 1975, Great Lakes Kaolin - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1986-Aug-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay, Silica Sand
Secondary Commodities: Lignite
Township or Area: Kipling
Latitude: 50° 8' 45.86" Longitude: -82° 7' 35.35"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 419513.79 Northing: 5555479.43 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J01NE
Point Location Description: Center of pit to the south of loop in Pike Creek
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 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.) Occurrence is approx. 5.5 km east of Mattagami River. Note: In the Lignasco silica sand report by A.J. Saber, the author's reference to the Adam Creek area includes localities in both Kipling Twp and Sanborn Twp. and covers the Pike Creek occurrence as well as occurrences actually located on Adam Creek.
1981-82:Selco Inc. / Lignasco Resources Ltd. joint venture - High resolution aeromagnetic survey 1982: Grid-cutting and ground magnetometer surveys; sonic drilling. 1986: Kaolin of Canada Inc.- Geological survey and ground VLF-EM survey 1987, Black Gregor Explorations: Amag, AVLF. 1989: 798839 Ontario Ltd./James Bay Kaolin Corporation - Acquistion of Douglas claims and staking of 358 adjacent claims extending across center of Kipling and east into Emerson Twp. 1990-96: Mineral Research Canada Inc. / Great Lakes Kaolin Inc. took control of James Bay Kaolin property 1989-96: Extensive program of roto-sonic drilling (over 200 holes property-wide; over 80 holes in the Pike Creek occ. area), sampling (including 13,000 tonne bulk sample), and material testing (WRA; XRD; pH; viscosity; abrasion; particle size distribution).1996: Great Lakes Kaolin- Amag, AVLF. 2000: Denison Environmental: AMIS hazard inspection SURVEY located a water-filled pit, 50m x 50m x 3m, in area of Great Lakes Kaolin drilling; this has been assumed to be the location of the bulk sample by MDI record compiler (AMIS# 0432).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| T-3282 / 2.15956 | 42J01NE0015 | 42J01NE0015 |
| T-3157 / 2.10744 | 42J01NE0006 | 42J01NE0006 |
| T-3070 / 2.9361 | 42J01NE0011 | 42J01NE0011 |
| T-2413 / 63.4114/OM81-5C-132 | 42I04NW8082 | 42I04NW8082 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: Lower Cretaceous Geochron. Age Ref.: MP113, p. 65
Mar 21, 2014 (D Draper) - At the Pike Creek location, unconsolidated Cretaceous sediments occur to a minimum depth of 250ft (76m) beneath an average of 45ft (14m) of overburden. The sediments consist of an alternating series of horizontally bedded layers of white to light grey kaolin silica sand (kss) and variable thicknesses of variably-coloured sandy clay, ball clay, fireclay. Drilling indicates the kaolin silica sand unit--which comprises up to 70% of the sediments--to extend over a distance in excess of 7 miles at this locality.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Sand | 1 | Silica Sand | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay | 2 | Kaolin | Is |
Mar 21, 2014 (D Draper) - Initial work (sonic drillhole J-1-2, collared approximately 300m west of center of cluster of later Great Lakes Kaolin boreholes) indicated 43m of Cretaceous deposits (silica sand - kaolin) beneath 16m of Pleistocene overburden. Hole continued into carbonaceous clays and encountered four zones of lignite (up to 2m wide) below 90m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Kaolinite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Clay | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Illite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Ilmenite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 21, 2014 (D Draper) - Analyses of silica sand from J-1-2 ranged from 93.06% to 98.27% SiO2 with Fe2O3 ranging from 0.025% to 0.161%. Kaolinite content of the silica sand is estimated to average around 10%; in the clays, kaolinite runs as high as 90%. A preliminary estimate of deposit size formed after the 1988-89 drill program was as follows: 70 million tons of kaolin, 600 million tons of high quality silica sand and over 250 million tons of coloured ball and fire clays. Although unspecified, this estimate was likely for the entire extent of the deposit covering central Kipling township west of the Mattagami River and not confined to only the immediate Pike Creek area.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| PIKE CREEK AREA | 1992 | Unclassified | 30000000 | OFR5918, p.2 | deposit comprised of silica sand, china clay, ball or fireclay - grade undefined |
File - Resident Geologist files T-4115
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Author:
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Compend - Report of Activities 1992, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP161 Page: 252-253 Date: 1993
Author: Fenwick K.G., Pitts A.E., Newsome J.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geometry and Kaolin Potential of Anastomosed Stream Deposits in Late Albian Strata of the Mattagami Formation, Pike Creek, Kipling Township, Moose River Basin
Publication Number: OFR5918 Date: 1995
Author: Long D.G.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Mineral Research Canada, Feb. 24/92
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP1 Date: 1992
Author: Industrial Specialties News
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP - James Bay Lowlands File
Book - Researchers Analyze Prospects for Clay Industry, Mar. 18/92
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP2 Date: 1992
Author: The Daily Press, Timmins
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP - James Bay Lowlands File
Book - Mining Operation Tests Potential of Kap's Clay, July/92
Publication Number: NEWSCLIP3 Date: 1992
Author: Brown, S. (Publcn unknown)
Publisher Name:
Location: Timmins RGP - James Bay Lowlands File
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