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| Record Name(s) | Coal Creek - 1928, Montgomery & Watson Location 7 - 1928, Crozier Location E - 1933 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Secondary Commodities: Lignite, Uranium
Township or Area: McBrien
Latitude: 50° 9' 1.17" Longitude: -83° 3' 43.28"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 352687.94 Northing: 5557380.28 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J03NE
Point Location Description: Partly submerged outcrop in Coal River, 1200 feet south of mouth
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The course of the river changed between 1890 and 1926, migrating away from site of initial lignite seam showing. Note: Coal River also called Coal Creek or Coal Brook in early references. Note: Site is now located within Missinaibi Provincial Park and under a Land Tenure Withdrawal for both surface and mineral rights.
1878: R. Bell, GSC -Lignite first discovered 1890: E.B. Borron, GSC - Field examination and borehole drilling. 1926: GSC - 20 foot hole drilled, samples analyzed. 1928: Ontario Department of Mines - Boreholes (including 19.5ft hole), sampling, analyses. 1933: Ontario Department of Mines - Minor auger drilling. 1959-60: American Nepheline Limited - Ventures Limited - Shoreline surveys, auger drilling in vicinity of occurrence (holes MRA5 and MRA6, Cretaceous not reached). 1962: F.R. Joubin and Associates - Field examination, auger drilling, sampling and analyses 1966-72: Algocen Mines Limited - Geological survey, auger drilling, sampling, analyses; Drilling (1 hole to southeast); Geological data compilation and aerial photographic analysis of entire Cretaceous Basin. 1978: Ont. Geological Survey - Drillhole 78-05; 1981: Ontario Energy Corporation - 5 auger holes drilled in vicinity
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-0723 / 83.1-35 | 42J02NW0001 | 42J02NW0001 |
| T-0694 / donation | 42J08NW8078 | 42J08NW8078 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: Cretaceous Geochron. Age Ref.: ARV37-6
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - The Moose River basin is underlain almost entirely by Paleozoic sediments consisting of Silurian to Devonian sandstones, limestone, dolomite and shales. This basin is bordered on the south by a low Precambrian escarpment and on the north by Hudson Bay. Erosion along rivers within the basin cuts through the mantle of recent glacial till and unconsolidated sediments to expose clays and sands of Cretaceous age.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Is |
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| Clay | 2 | Fireclay | Is |
Mar 21, 2014 (D Draper) - - Initial discovery was of a 3-foot bed of lignite in association with grey clay. Lignite bed was later lost due to stream movement. Clay occurrence consists of dark, almost black fireclay, with lignitized wood fragments, light grey fireclay, and pinkish grey fireclay. Borehole sunk in 1928 cut 19.5ft of variegated clay (pinkish-grey, brown, black, brownish-grey, greenish-grey) with some lignite fragments. OGS vertical drillhole 78-05 located on the north shore of Missinaibi, opposite the mouth of Coal River cut interbedded black, stiff, plastic, carbonaceous clay and earthy lignite seams from 352 to 362 feet, just above the inferred Cretaceous/Devonian boundary.
| 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 21, 2014 (D Draper) - Analysis of sample of lignitized wood returned BTU value of 8420. Testing of clay samples in 1928 classified them as borderline between No.1 and No.2 fireclays with the most refractory sample fusing at Cone 31. Analysis of a sample over 10ft of light greenish-gray Quaternary clay taken from OGS hole 78-05 was published in CIMM Bulletin Vol. 75, No. 846, p. 90 (Oct/82). Algocen reported encountering mild radioactivity in lignite samples collected from the Coal Creek site during their 1966 program. Assay of lignite ash from samples NM66-712 and NM66-713 returned 0.01% U3O8. Sample #713 also returned 0.01% Yttrium.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
File - Resident Geologist files T-0723, T-1303, T-2886
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Map - Pivabiska River sheet, District of Cochrane, geological compilation series
Publication Number: P0395 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1997
Author: Bennett G., Brown D.D., George P.T., Leahy E.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Map of northern parts of the districts of Algoma and Nipissing, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM13B Scale: 1:506,880 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
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:
Compend - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: S021 Page: 146, 147, 183 Date: 1982
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 1926-C Page: 25, 37 Date: 1927
Author: McLearn, F.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102094
Vol - Part 1, preliminary report on the geology and lignite deposits, part 2, report on refraction seismic and resistivity surveys
Publication Number: OFR5148 Page: 90-91 Date: 1975
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mesozoic geology and lignite potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: OFR5777 Page: 132-133 Date: 1991
Author: Telford P.G., Long D.G.F., Norris G., Zippi P., Griffis R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Economic resources of Moose River Basin
Publication Number: ARV13-01.009 Date: 1998
Author: Bell J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Fire clay, kaolin, and silica sand deposits of the Mattagami and Missinaibi rivers
Publication Number: ARV37-06.003 Page: 82, 95 Date: 1998
Author: Montgomery R.J., Watson R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Refractory clay deposits on the Missinaibi River
Publication Number: ARV42-03.004 Page: 99 Date: 1997
Author: Crozier A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Cretaceous stratigraphy and lignite occurrences in the Smoky Falls area, James Bay Lowland, preliminary lithological logs from the 1978 drilling program
Publication Number: OFR5255 Page: 37 Date: 1978
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Book - Quartz sand and kaolinite clay of the James Bay Lowlands, Ontario; CIM Bulletin, Vol. 75, No. 846
Publication Number: CIM Bull v.75 Page: 97 Date: 1982
Author: Vos, M.A.
Publisher Name: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
Location: Timmins RGP Tech Paper File
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC025 Page: 90 Date: 1984
Author: Robertson J.A., Gould K.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of northern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC009 Page: 55 Date: 1968
Author: Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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