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Record: MDI31C13SW00091

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ridge Extension - 1960, V.A. McMurray - 1959
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1981-Jul-28
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Wollaston, Wollaston, Wollaston

Latitude: 44° 48' 23.32"    Longitude: -77° 48' 23.87"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 278050.579   Northing: 4965285.278    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Southernmost of five pits, between the Ridge and Henderson Lake. Just north of Murphy Corners road.



Exploration History

1959: Trenches, pits and some d.d. on V.A. McMurray holdings. 1960: Some d. d. by Kennco Explorations (Canada) Limited (MRC 11, p179-180).


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
12 31C13SW0003 31C13SW0003
31C13SW0007 31C13SW0007
31C13SW0009 31C13SW0009

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Belmont

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Skarn 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3DiopsideEconomicOre
4EpidoteEconomicOre
5GarnetEconomicOre
6HornblendeEconomicOre
7MagnetiteEconomicOre
8PyriteEconomicOre
9PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Magnetite-bearing skarn with some pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in mafic volcanics (MRC 11, p179).


Aug 29, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Best assays include 0.38% copper over 3.0 m (10 feet) from a mineralized skarn zone, 0.25% copper and 24.8% iron over 1.82 m from a calcite hornblende skarn zone, 0.17% copper and 24.3% iron over 1.5 m from a calcite with abundant sulphides and 0.18% copper and 22.2% iron over 1.5 m from a sulphides rich siliceous zone (File 31C13SW0003).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Skarn

References

Book - Preliminary report on the geology in the vicinity of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Bancroft and Coe Hill sheets

Publication Number: PR1951-02 Page: 18  Date: 1998

Author: Abraham E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Chandos Township, Peterborough County and Wollaston Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R011 Page: 49, 50-51  Date: 1998

Author: Shaw D.M., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 179-180  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 142  Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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