Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Lambert Island - 1884 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Fluorite
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Lead
Township or Area: Lambert Island Area
Latitude: 48° 32' 13.82" Longitude: -88° 53' 10.17"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 360771 Northing: 5377725 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52A10SW
Point Location Description: AMIS location
Location Method: Data Compilation
1884: surface exploration including the sinking of a pit on a quartz-fluorite vein. No assessment reports were found on file.
Province: Southern
Formation Group: Animikie Group
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diabase | 1 | Diabase | Host |
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| Vein | 2 |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Fluorite | Economic | Gangue |
Mar 23, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Lambert Island, off Amethyst Harbour, is underlain by a diabase sill which presumably overlies Animikie sediments. Approximately $500 were expended in 1884 in testing a vein of rose-coloured quartz and fluorite between 18 inches and 3 feet wide which trends northwest across the island. A pit was sunk on the vein. It did not penetrate through the diabase sill, estimated to be 30 feet thick (Ingall, 1888).
Book - RES. GEOL. MIN. DEPT. FILE, T. BAY
Publication Number: N/A Scale: Date: 1996
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Publisher Name:
Location:
Map - Loon Lake area, Gunflint iron range, District of Thunder Bay
Publication Number: M1960P Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Moorhouse W.W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Report on Mines and Mining on Lake Superior, p. 65
Publication Number: Ann Rep 3 Scale: Date: 1888
Author: Ingall, E.D.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297102
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