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Record: MDI31F07NW00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lot 5 Concession XII Occurrence - 1936
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Aug-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Admaston

Latitude: 45° 21' 42.17"    Longitude: -76° 50' 5.64"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 356295.003   Northing: 5024771.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 2 km SW of Gorras Hill.



Exploration History

pre-1932: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host
Marble 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 1 foot wide quartz vein strikes N70E and dips 80°S. It has a reported strike length of 60 feet. It reportedly occurs within a biotite gneiss near the contact with a pegmatite.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Publication - Mineral Deposits in Renfrew County and Vicinity; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 195

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 195 Page: Date: 1936

Author: Freeman, B.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100827


Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 28, 33  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 40-41  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 67G Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1951

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109668


Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1978

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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