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| Record Name(s) | Sturgeon Falls - Seine River - 1990, Riordan Occurrence - 1990, Seine River Clay - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Dec-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Clay
Township or Area: Wild Potato Lake Area
Latitude: 48° 43' 34.11" Longitude: -92° 23' 46.2"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 544407.359 Northing: 5397188.84 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52C09NW
Point Location Description: Clay symbol located 500m west of Seine River bridge and 150m south of Highway 11 (map P.3261)
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The occurrence can be accessed from Highway 11 approximately 500m west of the Seine River bridge and then through the bush, south for 150m. This occurrence is located on Seine River First Nation land. Permission should be obtained from the band office before accessing the site.
1980: Discovered by J. Riordan. Sampled by staff of the Thunder Bay Resident Geologist's office in 1980.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wabigoon
Belt: Calm-Lac des Mille Lacs
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (P Hinz) - The deposit is contained within the Quaternary cover. Silty clay was deposited in a low energy, glaciolacustrine environment. The clay appears to be filling undulations in the Archean basement.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Clay | 1 | Montmorillonite Clays | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Montmorillonite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 07, 2005 (P Hinz) - The sample upon analysis prove to be montmorillonite clays. The sample was taken just south of Highway 11, approximately several hundred metres west of the Seine River bridge.
Map - Precambrian Geology, Wild Potato Lake Area (South), District of Rainy River
Publication Number: P3261 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1994
Author: Shanks W.S., Schwerdtfeger S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Property visits and reports of the Atikokan economic geologist, 1979-1983, Atikokan geological survey
Publication Number: OFR5539 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Schnieders B.R., Dutka R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Wild Potato Lake Area, District of Rainy River
Publication Number: OFR5879 Scale: Date: 1994
Author: Shanks W.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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