Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI52A10NE00038
| Record Name(s) | Bain Mine - 1888, Black Bay Property - 1863, Lot 4 Black Bay - 1863, McEachern Location - 1863 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Partial |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Lead, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Amethyst, Barite, Copper
Township or Area: McTavish
Latitude: 48° 41' 56.22" Longitude: -88° 32' 47.14"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 386212 Northing: 5395144 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A10NE
Point Location Description: Transfer
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The Bain workings are located on L197+50E, 197+50N and at 199+00E, 192+00N of the 1983 Noranda grid, at the top of two granitic hills.
1863-65: showing discovered by D. McEachern. 1888: lot sold to A.L. Bain who conducted surface drifting on the north vein. 1889-91: a number of test pits were developed to depths of approximately 3 m and a shaft sunk to a depth of 10 m. 1981: R. Bacon staked the property. 1982: Noranda Exploration optioned the property. 1983: Noranda carried out linecutting, mapping, and sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5900 | 52A10NE0026 | 52A10NE0026 |
Province: Southern
Subprovince: Nipigon Basin
Formation Group: Sibley Group
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudstone | 2 | |||
| Diabase | 3 | Diabase Dykes | ||
| Vein | 4 | Host |
Feb 25, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The property is underlain by vertical diabase dykes cutting flat-lying dolomitic mudstones of the Sibley Group, and medium-grained Archean granites.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Barite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 25, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - The pits and trenches of the Bain occurrence are developed in a number of vertically dipping composit veins that trend in an E-W direction. The veins are spatially and structurally related to a small vertical diabase dyke about 12 feet wide. Galena, sphalerite, and small amounts of chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in a gangue of quartz, amethyst, calcite, and barite (Tanton, 1931). Samples taken by Noranda in 1983 returned 9400 ppm Pb, 1200 ppm Zn, and 1.8 ppm Ag from sample 19829 and 20000 ppm Pb, 9000 ppm Zn, and 0.9 ppm Ag from sample 19830 (Assessment report 52A10NE0026).
Part - Lead and zinc deposits, Dorion and McTavish townships, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: ARV38-06.002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - 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 Scale: Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
Book - RES. GEOL.MIN.DEP. FILE, T. BAY
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Thunder Bay South Resident Geologist District Office