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Record: MDI31C16SW00145

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) William Hicks Property - 1880, South Sherbrooke Tp. Lot 12, Con 2 - 1902
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-17
Date Last Modified 2022-May-17
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

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.



Exploration History

1880: W. Hicks - sampling of a quartz vein


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Felsic Gneiss 1 Granite Gneiss Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3GalenaEconomicOre
4GoldEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

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

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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:

Publisher Name:

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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