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| Record Name(s) | Opasatika River - 1983, ODM Hole 75-11-06 - 1975 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: McCausland
Latitude: 50° 16' 50.42" Longitude: -82° 23' 15.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 401134.776 Northing: 5570758.642 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J08SW
Point Location Description: Where winter road crosses Opasatika River in central part of township
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Hwy 11 to Smooth Rock Falls; 75km north to Fraserdale on Hwy 634; Ontario Hydro's private road to Smoky Falls then north via winter road. Helicopter recommended for summer access. [Note: Unable to determine exact UTM coordinates for collar location as there is discrepency between ODM maps and NTS topographic mapping as to where the winter road crosses the Opasatika River. Record retains locn coordinates converted from initial compilation.].
1959-60, American Nepheline Ltd.: kaolin-silica sand exploration of 11 townships (AF T-694) 1975, Ont. Division of Mines: Winter road construction; drilling; palynological studies; heavy mineral and carbonate analyses (OGS Study 21 and prior OFRs) Pre-1981, Geoscience Laboratories, OGS: Analyses of samples from 1975 drill program (MP 85) 1981-83, Ontario Energy Resources Ltd./ONEXCO: Township part of Exploratory License of Occupation (AF T-2886).
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| T-2886 / 63.4180 | 42J08NE0001 | 42J08NE0001 |
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - 88m of Mattagami Formation sands and clays were intersected by the drillhole from a depth of 52m to the contact with Devonian shales at about 140m; hole cut thickest and most complete section of Fm. found in programme. Kaolinitic clay occurs below 127m. (OGS Study 21, p. 172).
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Kaolinitic Clay | Is |
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Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Two depositional phases of Mattagami Fm. noted in Hole 75-11-06: Upper (51.2 - 72m) consisted of grey clay and silt with occasional horizons of very fine quartz sand; the following 22m was dominated by white, fine to coarse grained, very pure quartz sand with laminae of white kaolinitic clay. Horizons of abundant detrital lignite fragments present. (Study 21, p.41, 44, 45).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Kaolin | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Kaolinitic clay (ranging from brownish grey to brownish black) with economic potential occurs between 127.7 and 135.7m, exhibiting refractory characteristics of P.C.E. 34 or higher. Upper portion of kaolinitic zone has an alumina content up to 29% Al2O3; lower portion exhibits higher plasticity. Zone also contains lignite (up to 3%), quartz and oolitic siderite. (OGS Study 21, p.172) See OFR 5262, p.243-245 for discussion of lignite content. The uppermost zone of silica sand (from 70 - 76m) analyzed at 83% SiO2 but was determined to be unsuitable for glass sand due to grain size distribution and clay content. (MP 85, pp. 33, 35).
File - Resident Geologist files T-0694
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Mono - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin, District of Cochrane
Publication Number: OFR5262 Page: 243-243 Date: 1979
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Geology and mineral deposits of the Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowlands, preliminary report
Publication Number: OFR5158 Page: 30-32, 56 Date: 1975
Author: Telford P.G., Vos M.A., Norris G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Vol - Part 1, preliminary report on the geology and lignite deposits, part 2, report on refraction seismic and resistivity surveys
Publication Number: OFR5148 Page: 118 Date: 1975
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Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
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Compend - Mesozoic geology and mineral potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: S021 Page: 150, 163, 172 Date: 1982
Author: Telford P.G., Verma H.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Silica in Ontario, industrial minerals supplement
Publication Number: MP085 Page: 22-35 Date: 1981
Author: Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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