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General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dillon Road Property - 1992
Related Record Type
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Feb-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gneiss



Location

Township or Area: Carling

Latitude: 45° 25' 24.32"    Longitude: -80° 13' 58.96"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 560001   Northing: 5030275    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41H08NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1992-93: J. R. Trusler - prospecting, mapping, sampling, property evaluation


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
OP92-174 31L03SW0001 31L03SW0001
41H08NE0001 41H08NE0001 41H08NE0001

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Terrane: Algonquin

Domain: Britt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 899±6 Ma    Geochron. Age Ref.: P3350



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Biotite-Hornblende Migmatite Is
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Tonalite Is

Lithology Comments

Feb 18, 2011 (A Wilson) - The porphyritic tonalite gneisses on this property may be suitable for development as dimension stone. The most favourable tonalite occurrence is a body in the central part of lot 23, concession 3, Carling Twp. which trends SSE and occupies an area approximately 300 metres X 50 metres. The tonalite is uniformly medium to dark grey and banded with approximately 25% lozenge shaped pink orthoclase phenocrysts approximately 3 cm. long. The body is sill-like and dips to the west at 25°-50° . The principal joints were at 75° (28%) and 160° (26%).




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone

References

Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area

Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2004

Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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