Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Tyee - 1927, Mining Location Y 2 - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1979-Aug-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Silver, Calcite
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Strange
Latitude: 48° 15' 51.16" Longitude: -89° 59' 20.36"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 278187 Northing: 5349986 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A05SW, 52B08SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
1926-27: Tyee Stucco Works mined the vein by an open-cut.
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ironstone-unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabase | 2 | Diabase Sill | Adjacent | |
| Vein | 3 | Calcite | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Galena | Economic | Ore |
Feb 07, 2018 (Therese Pettigrew) - The vein material is entirely calcite and cements a fracture zone 1 foot wide and exposed for 25 feet. It strikes north 83 degrees east and is vertical. The country rock is a capping sill of diabase 40 feet thick, resting on Animikie iron formation (Tanton, 1931). Specks of silver and galena have been reported.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vein |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 544 | RGP MDI files | 600 tons of material shipped for surface dressing on stucco. |
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: 113 Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
Part - Gunflint iron formation of the Whitefish Lake area, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: ARV69-07.002 Page: 41-63 Date: 1998
Author: Goodwin A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
File - Hazard files, Thunder Bay Mineral department
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
Mono - Silver cobalt calcite vein deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC010 Page: 78 Date: 1968
Author: Sergiades A.O.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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