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Record: MDI31F02SE00069

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caldwell - 1896, Caldwell Pyrite Deposit - 1896
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Cobalt



Location

Township or Area: Dalhousie

Latitude: 45° 2' 58.88"    Longitude: -76° 30' 49.05"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 380806.29   Northing: 4989584.77    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02SE

Point Location Description: Point 3.3 km southeast of Poland.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Sharbot Lake

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - Pyrrhotite assayed up to 0.09 % nickel. Pyrite occurs associated with diorite and gneiss. Local quartz veins reportedly contained gold (1897). An assay from the ore collected in 1897 returned 0.165% Ni and a trace of Co.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada from the Laboratory of the Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), part R

Publication Number: GSC AR 6R Page: 38  Date: 1895

Author: Hoffman, C.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297125


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: 38R  Date: 1896

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296994


Publication - Summary report on the operations of the Geological Survey, for the year 1897; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 10, (1897), pt. A

Publication Number: GSC AR 10A Page: 60  Date: 1898

Author: Dawson, G M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/293882


Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 11, (1898), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 11R Page: 27  Date: 1900

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297003


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