Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Black Hawk - 1890, Lot 9 Con 1 - 1890 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Mar-05 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | Therese Pettigrew |
Primary Commodities: Calcite, Silver
Township or Area: Gillies
Latitude: 48° 14' 16.75" Longitude: -89° 43' 44.71"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 297369 Northing: 5346353 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A04NE
Point Location Description: AMIS Shaft location
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Proceed west on Highway 11-17 to Highway 588. Turn left on Highway 588 and proceed west for 15.2 km to Highway 595. Turn left onto Highway 595 and proceed sourth for 6.4 km through South Gillies to Concession II road and proceed west for 2.3 km to a band in the road. Park vehicle at bend in road. Shaft is located 80 m SE from this corner.
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mudstone | 1 | Shales And Mudstones | Adjacent |
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Vein | 2 | Host | ||
Diabase | 3 | Diabase Sill |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
4 | Argentite | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 06, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The vein, which was 1.2 m wide on the surface, was composed of fluorite, quartz, sphalerite, calcite and argentite. The April 5, 1890 edition of the Engineering and Mining Journal gives an assay of $8-$15/ton from the occurrence.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Vein |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Vein |
Map - Pigeon River area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Publication Number: Map 355A Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1936
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
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