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| Record Name(s) | Ozone Siding Occurrence - 9999, Lawrence - 1980, Lawrence Occurrence - 9999, Lawrence Rochon Mine - 9999, Lawrence-Keuther Property - 9999, Ozone Creek Occurrence - 9999 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1980-Jan-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Patience
Latitude: 49° 1' 38.45" Longitude: -88° 2' 17.21"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 424111.898 Northing: 5431014.93 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South
NTS Grid: 52H01SE
Point Location Description: Shaft
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The occurrence is located in Patience Township about 0.8 km north-northeast from Ozone siding on the CPR. Ozone Creek is approximately 17.6 km east of the town of Nipigon (claim map G-142). Access is via Highway 17 to a point north of the Ozone siding, then north by foot for 750 m to the shaft.
1919: J. Lawrence and A.P. Rochon discovered the Ozone Siding occurrence. Eighty tons of ore was removed. 1923: Area prospected by J. Lawrence. Shaft sunk 50 to 55 feet by an unrecorded operator (likely J. Lawrence). Sampling was also conducted. 1995: Patented claims TB 44224, 44225, 44226, 44227, 44257 and 44258 cover the occurrence.
Province: Superior
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Tanton (1931) describes the occurrence on mining claims TB 3745 and TB 4737 as: A granite breccia occurs in a narrow zone on both sides of Ozone Creek between two rapids or small waterfalls flowing westerly into the creek. The showing is closer to the more northerly rapids. A small open cut occurs on the west side of the creek, as well as an old stripped and trenched area on the same side of the creek. The old workings are greatly overgrown with vegetation. Two other trenches were found about 400 m westerly from the creek showing. These trenches were dug on similar granite breccia with pink sugary quartz and barite and mineralized sparsely with galena. Here the barite, which is both massive and crystalline, gives the rock a high specific gravity. Hawley (1929) adds that the brecciated zone, which strikes E-W and dips steeply north in places, has been explored for about 30 chains (600 m). In the zone are also larger blocks of granite, which are fractured and penetrated by narrow quartz or barite stringers. The mineralized portions of the zone ranges in width from a few cm to 1.06 m. The usual width of breccia is from 30 to 60 cm. On claim No. 3745 a shaft was sunk to a reported depth of 15 m. Just to the east of this, two veins are exposed: one is from 5 to 15 cm wide; the other, 2.1 m to the north, is a stockwork of several quartz-barite veins in brecciated granite.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Locally Brecciated | 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 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Amethyst | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Barite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| Quartz | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 1 | ||||
| Barite | Alteration | Hydrothermal | 2 |
Dec 07, 2005 (B Nelson) - Hawley (1929) writes that a chip sample across a 1.06 m mineralized zone on claim No. 4737 gave an assay of 0.2% Pb and 3.16% Zn. Angular pieces of granite are cemented by white and amethystine quartz and some of the quartz crystals have a slight purple tinge. The breccia is quite vuggy in places and also contains some pink barite needles and galena crystals. Both brown and black varieties of sphalerite are present in the breccia. The bottom of the shaft is well mineralized with sphalerite. It averages about 5% of the volume of the vein filling. This mineralization is said to occur at a width of 2.7 m. Historical assays in old newspaper clippings indicate values as high as 45% zinc from selected grab samples and up to 3 oz/ton Ag. Samples taken by Resident Geologist personnel returned 6900 and 3.05% Pb and 2700 and 7700 ppm Zn. Gold and silver values assayed <0.01 and <0.10 oz/ton respectively.
Date: Feb 27, 1997
Geologist: B Nelson
Notes: Resident Geologist personnel visited the occurrence August 10, 1983.
Map - Nipigon-Schreiber, geological compilation series, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: M2232 Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1973
Author: Carter M.W., McIlwaine W.H., Wisbey P.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Part - Lead and zinc deposits, Dorion and McTavish townships, Thunder Bay District
Publication Number: ARV38-06.002 Page: 84 Date: 1998
Author: Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 346 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Mineral Occurrences in the Nipigon-Marathon Area, Volumes 1 and 2.
Publication Number: OFR5951 Date: 1996
Author: Schnieders B.R., Smyk M.C., Speed A.A., McKay D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Schreiber-Hemlo Resident Geologist Mineral Deposit Files, Thunder Bay office
Publication Number: Min Dep Date:
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Thunder Bay RGP
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 Date: 1931
Author: Tanton, T.L.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100799
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