Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Biron - 1927 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Sep-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Asbestos
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 2' 26.15" Longitude: -94° 12' 38.99"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 415112 Northing: 5655037 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: asb showing on OGS map M2265
Location Method: Data Compilation
While work has been done in the area, and sampling has been done for gold, copper, nickel, and other metals, there are no assessment reports filed with relevant information on the asbestos in the area.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 |
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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 | Chrysotile | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Antigorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 30, 2020 (R Tuomi) - Width of veinlets and stringers: “only a fracture of an inch” (Bruce and Hawley, 1927; Horwood, 1940).
Sep 30, 2020 (Therese Pettigrew) - Chrysotile asbestos veins occur in the massive serpentine rocks. The veinlets and stringers are only a fracture of an inch in width with fine silky, greenish fibres transverse to the walls. Quartz, sphalerite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and minor amounts of antigorite are present (Vos et al., 1982).
Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1
Publication Number: OFR5388 Scale: Date: 1982
Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Part - Geology of the basin of Red Lake, District of Kenora (Patricia Portion)
Publication Number: ARV36-03.001 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Bruce E.L., Hawley J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology and mineral deposits of the Red Lake area
Publication Number: ARV49-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Horwood H.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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