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MDI31F06NE00144
Record Name(s) | OGS Sample T-544 - 1978, Meadow North - 1993 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1993-Mar-24 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver
Township or Area: Grattan
Latitude: 45° 28' 18.83" Longitude: -77° 8' 51.64"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 332126.002 Northing: 5037618.002 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F06NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Py-po and cp, up to 10 % combined, occur in a gneissic syenite (unit 5b). There are more than a dozen rusty gossan zones (up to 2 x 20 m in size) in a zone 360 long x 6-18 m wide. The mineralized syenite intrudes metamorphosed arenite. Samples taken by the OGS.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Sheared | Host |
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Sandstone | 2 | Arenite | Sheared | Adjacent |
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1978 returned 0.01 to 0.06% Cu, < 0.01% Zn and trace gold and silver.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Sheared |
MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County
Publication Number: R209 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County
Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1980
Author: Themistocleous S.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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