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Record: MDI52A10NE00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) D. Bak - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine With Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1999-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Amethyst



Location

Township or Area: McTavish

Latitude: 48° 40' 25.27"    Longitude: -88° 41' 1.23"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 376051.46   Northing: 5392549.68    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A10NE

Point Location Description: Map in Assessment report 52A10NE0039

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1991: D. Bak stripped and trenched 2 showings. One half ton of amethyst samples was removed via an aggregate permit. 1993-95: D. Bak carried out stripping and trenching. 2006: D. Bak carried out stripping and trenching. The quarry was still active in 2017, but not in 2018.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
W9540-00268 52A10NE0039 52A10NE0039
2.15727 52A10NE0038 52A10NE0038
63.6313 52A10NE8200 52A10NE8200
2.32361 20000001365 20000001365

Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Nipigon Basin

Formation Group: Sibley Group

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Contains
Vein 2 Amethyst Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AmethystEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Article - Amethyst in northwestern Ontario-1991

Publication Number: MP158.009 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Garland M.I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, McTavish Township (west part of north half), District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: P0720 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1997

Author: McIlwaine W.H.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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