Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Great Bend - 1928, McCarthy Camp - 1925, Big Bend - 1911 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2004-Aug-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay, Lignite
Township or Area: Kipling
Latitude: 50° 13' 47.05" Longitude: -82° 8' 48.03"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 418214.45 Northing: 5564803.4 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J01NE
Point Location Description: Outcropping seam on east bank of Mattagami River 750ft south of Kipling/Sanborn twp boundary
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Approximately 7 miles north of foot 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.
1910: Ontario Department of Mines - field investigation, borehole drilling, pitting, sampling. 1919: Ontario Department of Mines -field investigation, sampling 1925: McCarthy and Douglas - Borehole drilling, both banks 1925-27: Hudson-Mattagami Exploration Company- Shaft-sinking (2 shafts, 65 and 88ft), borehole drilling, west bank. 1925: Geological Survey of Canada - field investigation, sampling. 1927-28:Ontario Department of Mines: sampling semi-commercial testing by Smith and Stone, Limited. 1960: Ventures Limited - American Nepheline Limited: 1 auger hole to 44ft (MRA 35), 1/4 mile south of south east bank occurrence--hole failed to reach Cretaceous .1981: Selco Inc. / Lignasco Resources Ltd. joint venture - High resolution aeromagnetic survey
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2413 / 63.4114/OM81-5C-132 | 42I04NW8082 | 42I04NW8082 |
| T-0694/ donation | 42J08NW8078 | 42J08NW8078 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Is |
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| Clay | 2 | Fireclay | Is |
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Lignite: Seams outcrop on the east bank of the Mattagami R. at 3 locations over a 1/4 mile stretch that straddles the Kipling - Sanborn twp. boundary. Earliest reports were of two narrow seams dipping into the east bank of the river at an angle of about 50 º and striking W 30º S. These were only visible at very low water. An upper seam had a maximum thickness of 6 feet and was underlain by 4ft of lignitic clay and then a second lower seam 1 foot in thickness. Pitting revealed the seams to be laminated and quite variable in thickness. This may be the same locality where a 3-foot seam was later observed outcropping near river level, 750ft south of the twp. line (this site here designated as east bank south). --900 feet further north on the east bank (180 feet north of the Sanborn twp boundary) a thinner band (0.6ft) intermixed with clay is exposed for 50ft at low water, striking az 025 º and dipping 45 º E. (this site here designated as east bank north) --Opposite the east bank south site, on the west bank of the river, McCarthy drilling intersected a seam at depth of 75ft. Fireclay: The clays in the vicinity of Great Bend consist chiefly of black, brown and grey clays alternating with micaceous sands. Shaft-sinking and drilling by McCarthy on the west bank intersected 42 ft of fireclay below 80-foot level. Later drilling on the east bank confirmed similar thicknesses there.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Clay | Economic | Ore |
Mar 20, 2014 (D Draper) - Samples of the east bank south lignite seam tested at 9,020 BTU. Samples of the east bank north seam returned 11,160 BTU. Although these clays differ in colour from [those] at the foot of Long rapids, they are as plastic and smooth and have equal refractoriness. The organic matter [giving] them their dark colour burns out at high temperatures and the clay usually burns to a light-buff colour. Fireclay samples taken from the shaft dump on the west bank fired in the range of Cone 30 to Cone 32 and were rated to be first-quality fire clay. Additional testing confirmed this estimate and obtained a Cone 33 result for west bank clay. Samples of east bank south clay were also rated as No. 1 fireclay (Cone 32 1/2). Testing of east bank north clays determined them to be No. 3 fireclay.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 2 | Fossil Fuel |
| 1 | Industrial |
Map - Route map of parts of the Moose River tributaries, districts of Algoma, Sudbury and Nipissing
Publication Number: ARM20D Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1997
Author: Baker M.B., Rogers W.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Iron and lignite in the Mattagami Basin
Publication Number: ARV20-01.008 Page: 234-237 Date: 1998
Author: Baker M.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Part - Clay and shale deposits of the Abitibi and Mattagami rivers
Publication Number: ARV29-02.003 Page: 45-46 Date: 1998
Author: Keele J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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:
Publication - The Mesozoic and Pleistocene deposits of the lower Missinaibi, Opazatika, and Mattagami rivers, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report 1926, pt. C
Publication Number: GSC SR 1926C Page: 22-25, 35-40 Date: 1927
Author: McLearn, F.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102094
Part - Geology and economic deposits of the Moose River basin
Publication Number: ARV37-06.001 Page: 44-46, 56-57 Date: 1998
Author: Dyer W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Fire clay, kaolin, and silica sand deposits of the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers
Publication Number: ARV37-06.003 Page: Loc'n 3 & 4 Date: 1998
Author: Montgomery R.J., Watson R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Semi-commercial tests on northern Ontario fire clays
Publication Number: ARV38-04.002 Page: 19, 23-25 Date: 1997
Author: Dyer W.S., Montgomery R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Compend - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: S021 Page: 145-146, 181 Date: 1982
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Vol - Part 1, preliminary report on the geology and lignite deposits, part 2, report on refraction seismic and resistivity surveys
Publication Number: OFR5148 Page: 86 Date: 1975
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Book - Refractory Clays of Northern Ontario, p. 249
Publication Number: CIMM Date: 1933
Author: W.S. Dyer and A.R. Crozier
Publisher Name: CIMM
Location: Timmins RGP Tech Paper File
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