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Record: MDI31F02SE00056

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Nelson Lakes - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-15
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Antimony

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Mercury, Bismuth, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Lavant

Latitude: 45° 5' 1.72"    Longitude: -76° 38' 50.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 370358.14   Northing: 4993580.808    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02SE

Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Cu between Lavant Lake and Nelson Lakes.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The deposit is accessible via a farm road north from Robertson Lake to a point about 0.8 km southeast of Spectacle Lake.



Exploration History

1950's: Lanark Silver Mines Limited held 11 claims on the property. Three diamond-drill holes totalling 226 m were reported to have been drilled in the NE part of the property. 1975: Lynx-Canada Explorations Limited conducted geological and geochemical surveys along with rock sampling on most of the claim group. Results were reported as inconclusive and the property was dropped.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1979

Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 43-44  Date: 1980

Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 104  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Lavant area, Frontenac and Lanark counties

Publication Number: R253 Page: 38-39, 50-51  Date: 1989

Author: Pauk L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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