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MDI31C16SW00145
Record Name(s) | William Hicks Property - 1880, South Sherbrooke Tp. Lot 12, Con 2 - 1902 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1982-Mar-17 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: South Sherbrooke
Latitude: 44° 46' 25.63" Longitude: -76° 28' 51.42"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 382820 Northing: 4958888 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16SW
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Between Farren Lake and Christie Lake.
1880: W. Hicks - sampling of a quartz vein
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Frontenac
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Felsic Gneiss | 1 | Granite Gneiss | Contains |
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Vein | 2 | Quartz | Host |
Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of a 10 ft. wide quartz vein with tourmaline and minor disseminated pyrite. The showing is exposed in a pit 9 ft. by 5 ft. and 10 ft. deep.
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 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Galena | Economic | Ore | ||||
4 | Gold | Economic | Ore |
Sep 19, 2015 (A Wilson) - A sample collected by W. Hicks in 1880 returned $25.10 in silver and $128.32 in gold. Auriferous quartz veins with associated sulphides assayed 3.50 oz/t Au and 0.41 oz/t Ag.
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Vein |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Vein |
Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 9, (1897), pt. R
Publication Number: GSC AR 9R Page: 28R Date: 1896
Author: Hoffmann, G C
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296994
Part - The eastern Ontario gold belt
Publication Number: ARV11.013 Page: 204 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area
Publication Number: S012 Page: 25 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 46 Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 351 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report Of The Royal Commission On The Mineral Resources Of Ontario And Measures For Their Development
Publication Number: NSP011 Page: 112 Date: 1998
Author:
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Location:
Map - Gananoque area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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