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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31D10NE00009

Record: MDI31D10NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Little Silver Lake - 1991
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	1991-Jan-04
Date Last Modified	2022-Apr-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite

Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 39' 35.54" Longitude: -78° 35' 20.88"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 691134.769 Northing: 4947994.973 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D10NE

Point Location Description: Point just E of Little Silver Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Exploration History

Circa 1894 : 2 pits - 1 in marble carrying pyrrhotite and 1 in gneiss, carrying some pyrite and a little pyrrhotite - made in search for nickel.

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic

Lithology

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

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank	Mineral Name	Class	Economic Mineral Type	Alteration Mineral Type	Alteration Ranking	Alteration Intensity	Alteration Style
1	Pyrrhotite	Economic	Ore
2	Pyrite	Economic	Ore

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Po and py in gneiss and marble.

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Preliminary report on the geology of a portion of central Ontario situated in the counties of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), pt. J

Publication Number: GSC AR 6J Page: 12 Date: 1894

Author: Adams, F D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297128

Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 24 Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:

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