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| Record Name(s) | Asbestos Corp Discovery No. 1 - 1968 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2003-Nov-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jun-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel
Township or Area: Hornby Lake Area
Latitude: 52° 28' 23.18" Longitude: -93° 35' 20.63"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 459988.27 Northing: 5813823.61 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Red Lake
NTS Grid: 53C05NE
Point Location Description: Showing as shown on assessment file map
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: Remote, access from Hornby and Fardun Lakes.
1968: Asbestos Corp. - Staked and explored; ground MAG and EM surveys, geological mapping and sampling. 1970: Coin Lake Gold Mines - Regional airborne MAG and EM surveys.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 63.2387 | 53C12SE0004 | 53C12SE0004 |
| 2.340 | 53C12SE0002 | 53C12SE0002 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Berens River
Terrane: North Caribou
Belt: Hornby Lake
Geological Age: Mesoarchean
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Diorite | 1 | Diorite | Contains |
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Nov 20, 2014 (Mark Puumala) - The Asbestos Corporation Discovery No. 1 occurrence is described by Baker (1968) as a mineralized shear zone in metadiorite. This mineralized zone is reported to strike northward (approximately parallel to stratigraphy) from the southwest shore of Fardun Lake, and was traced over a strike length of approximately 5.5 km. The width of the shear zone varies from 0.6 to 12 m.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 20, 2014 (Mark Puumala) - Mineralization is reported by Baker (1968) to consist of disseminated to massive pyrrhotite with some spotty pyrrhotite. Baker (1968) reported that the mineralized zone was trenched and sampled. However, the assay results are not available in the assessment file (AFRI# 53C12SE0004).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 2 | Disseminated |
| 1 | Sheared |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Critchell Lake Area
Publication Number: P3219 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1993
Author: Stone D., Atkinson B.T., Crawford J., Halstead J.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Book - RED LAKE ASSESS FILE 53C/SW COIN LAKE GOLD MNES
Publication Number: Coin Lk Date: 1970
Author: Coin Lake Gold Mines
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Article - A geological re-evaluation of northwestern greenstone belts
Publication Number: MP141.005 Page: 28-52 Date: 1997
Author: Cortis A.L., Stott G.M., Osmani I.A., Atkinson B.T., Thurston P.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Compend - Report of activities, 1991, Resident Geologists
Publication Number: MP158 Page: 35-38 Date: 1992
Author: Fenwick K.G., Newsome J.W., Pitts A.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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