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| Record Name(s) | Pipestone Narrows - 1912 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2002-Feb-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Soapstone
Township or Area: Ball
Latitude: 51° 2' 55.36" Longitude: -94° 11' 44.55"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 416186.8 Northing: 5655922.06 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 52M01SE
Point Location Description: Point on east side of narrows at entrance to Pipestone Bay
Location Method: Field Visit
Access Description: Accessible by water from Red Lake.
Stone from Pipestone Bay is reported to have ben extracted by the First Nations peoples for making pipes (Dowling 1912). No relevant assessment reports were found.
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Uchi
Terrane: North Caribou
Domain: Uchi
Belt: Red Lake
Geological Age: Archean
Dec 07, 2005 (C Storey) - Rock was mapped as serpentinite and serpentinized peridotite by Riley (1970). Talc content is variable, colour is dark grey green in general with some parts distinctly red. There is only a small amount of red stone and it is only reported in one area on the north side of Pipestone Point.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Ultramafic-Unsubdivided | 1 | 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 | Talc | Economic | Ore |
Map - Ball Township, Kenora District
Publication Number: M2265 Scale: 1:12,000 Date: 1975
Author: Riley R.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - An evaluation of the industrial mineral potential of parts of the districts of Kenora and Rainy River
Publication Number: OFR5718 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Report on the country in the vicinity of Red Lake and part of the basin of Berens River
Publication Number: ARV21-02.002 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Dowling D.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Mono - Soapstone in Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5764 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Gerow M.C., Sherlock E.J., Bellinger J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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
Location:
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