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Record: MDI31E02SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Skyslider - 1898
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-14
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Dysart

Latitude: 45° 2' 27.21"    Longitude: -78° 30' 7.61"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 696731.607   Northing: 4990528.358    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E02SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.25 km S of Haliburton.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: In Haliburton, from the MTC viewing area on top of the hill. The workings are about 1/3 of the way down.



Exploration History

Late 1890s : reputedly worked for gold. A drift runs into the side of the hill for 30-70 ft but there has been some collapse. 4 samples were assayed (# 82-8-1 to 4) but no results reported.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A marble skarn zone (?) with a conglomerate (or possibly concretions). Some visible pyrite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: Mar 17, 2004

Geologist: C Papertzian

Notes: This occurrence was visited on December 4th, 2003. No opening to the adit could be found below the lookout. There is some evidence of where the adit might have been - what looked to be like two walls could be seen. The entrance was totally concealed and presumed to have caved in.



References

File - Resident Geologist files 1982 field report

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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