Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Kakabeka Falls - 1928 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead
Township or Area: Oliver
Latitude: 48° 25' 25.28" Longitude: -89° 35' 44.32"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 307975 Northing: 5366648 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1971: L. Grayson carried out trenching. 1985: L. Grayson and P. Moore deepened the central pit to 6 m. 1989: P. Moore drilled 2 DDH totalling 90.2 m and carried out stripping.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 52A05NE0004 | 52A05NE0004 |
| 2.12832 | 52A05NE0003 | 52A05NE0003 |
| 63.5658 | 52A05NE0001 | 52A05NE0001 |
| 2.19801 | 52A05NE2002 | 52A05NE2002 |
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 |
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| Ironstone-unsubdivided | 2 | |||
| Vein | 3 | Host | ||
| Schist-Unsubdivided | 4 | |||
| Pegmatite | 5 | Dykes |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 23, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - Veins of the silver-bearing type occur at the following localities: 700 feet north of the east end of Stephen Lake; on mining location D4, Oliver township; half a mile northwest of Kakabeka falls; and at a point described by Mr. J. Merrifield of Kakabeka Falls as being in the bed of a creek 2 miles north-northeast of the outlet of Twist Lake. The vein on mining location D4 outcrops on the south bank of Kaministikwia River with a width of 4 feet, and trends south 12 degrees west. The vein cuts hornblende schist traversed by pegmatite dykes; the foliation of the schist strikes north 80 degrees east. The vein holds horses of schist and of pegmatite and also small blocks of Animikie conglomerate and iron formation. The vein has heen stripped for over 200 feet southerly from the shore, exposing small concentrations of galena and chalcopyrite. Beyond this point the main vein is concealed but a network of smaller mineralized veins that here branch out from the main vein can he traced south 30 degrees west, in discontinuous outcrops for 100 feet (Tanton, 1931). DDH PM-89-02 assayed up to 20 ppm Ag (AFRI 52A05NE0004).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
Book - Fort William and Port Arthur, and Thunder Cape Map-area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 167
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 167 Page: 141 Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 77 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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