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Record: MDI53C05NE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Asbestos Corp Discovery No. 1 - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2003-Nov-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-06
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

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.



Exploration History

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.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.2387 53C12SE0004 53C12SE0004
2.340 53C12SE0002 53C12SE0002

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Berens River

Terrane: North Caribou

Belt: Hornby Lake

Geological Age: Mesoarchean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Contains

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

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).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusion
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
2 Disseminated
1 Sheared

References

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

Publisher Name:

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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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