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| Record Name(s) | Crozier Location A - 1933 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2001-Jun-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-07 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Secondary Commodities: Silica Sand
Township or Area: Habel
Latitude: 50° 24' 58.63" Longitude: -82° 29' 20.34"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 394215.501 Northing: 5585976.428 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J08NW
Point Location Description: Centre of Missinaibi River between occ. on north & south banks, 1200ft west of east twp. boundary
Location Method: Other Literature
Access Description: Note: Site is now located within Missinaibi Provincial Park and under a Land Tenure Withdrawal for both surface and mineral rights.
1933: Ontario Dept. of Mines - Auger drilling, test pitting and analyses of clay (ODM ARV42-3). 1966-67: Algocen Mines Limited (T-1303) - Auger samples taken of silica sand/kaolin exposure on both banks of river. 1972: Geological data compilation and aerial photographic analysis (conducted by Cartographic Services) of full Cretaceous Basin.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: CRETACEOUS
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 | Clay | 1 | Refractory Clay | Is |
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| Sand | 2 | Silica Sand | Is | |
| Clay | 3 | Kaolin | Is |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Grey sandy clay and silica sand are exposed on the south bank of river (Exposure No. 1) and red mottled clays are found on the opposite (north) bank (Exposure No. 2). No.1: A 5 foot thick unit of clay and iron-stained silica sand is exposed for a distance of 100ft. An auger hole put down from the bottom of a pit cut 3 feet of grey-white silica sand with kaolin at the base of the hole. No.2: Grey-white and red variegated clay is exposed over an area of 25 by 15 feet. Several other small exposures of silica sand, kaolin and white-grey clay were noted by Crozier within 600 feet downstream of No.2. (ODM AR Vol. 42, Pt.3, p.90).
| 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 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - At Exposure No.2 clay sample from bottom of 6 foot auger hole tested to Cone 33-34.
File - Resident Geologist files T-1303
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Part - Refractory clay deposits on the Missinaibi River
Publication Number: ARV42-03.004 Page: 89-91 Date: 1997
Author: Crozier A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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