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| Record Name(s) | OGS DH W83-01 - 1983 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Jun-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Oct-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Lignite
Township or Area: McCuaig
Latitude: 50° 39' 30.01" Longitude: -82° 5' 59.99"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 422249 Northing: 5612409 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Timmins
NTS Grid: 42J09NE
Point Location Description: Collar location of borehole W83-01
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Drilling site accessible only by helicopter. For description of general access to region, see OFR 5495, p.7.
1983: Ontario Geological Survey: Reconnaissance drilling (reverse-circulation/triple-tube coring) program; borehole geophysics. 1986: Ontario Geological Survey: Palynological analyses. Material from this hole is on file with the Timmins Drill Core Library (DCL TI0022)
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Subprovince: Moose River Basin
Geological Age: Mesozoic Geochronological Age: Cretaceous Geochron. Age Ref.: OFR5495
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 the Lower Cretaceous Mattagami Formation. This formation disconformably overlies 60-70 m.y. younger Middle Jurassic sediments.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Lignite | 1 | Is |
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Mar 19, 2014 (D Draper) - OGS vertical borehole W83-01, drilled to depth of 106.6m, cut 5.7m of lignite at 75.7m. A second smaller seam (1.3m) was encountered at 92m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Lignite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Draper) - Both seams consist of pyritiferous black and dark brown lignite interbedded with carbonaceous clay. A 2cm thick band of pyrite occurs near base of upper seam.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Fossil Fuel |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Unconsolidated |
File - Resident Geologist files T-3106
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Location: Timmins RGP office
Mono - Lignite resource assessment project: 1983 winter drilling program, Moose River Basin, James Bay Lowland
Publication Number: OFR5495 Page: 1, 6, 51, 66 Date: 1984
Author: Watts, Griffis and McOuat Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Palynological analyses of drillhole series OGS 83-01 to 83-08D and OGS 84-01 to 84-11, Moose River Basin, Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5597 Page: 7-9, 138 Date: 1986
Author: Norris G., Zippi P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Mono - Mesozoic geology and lignite potential of the Moose River Basin
Publication Number: OFR5777 Page: 145 Date: 1991
Author: Telford P.G., Long D.G.F., Norris G., Zippi P., Griffis R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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