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| Record Name(s) | Simon Copper Property North Showing - 1956, Malcolm Property - 1953 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2011-Jul-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jan-31 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Lyndoch
Latitude: 45° 12' 38.07" Longitude: -77° 18' 44.44"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 318421 Northing: 5008944 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F03NW
Point Location Description: trenches
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: The deposit is located about 8 km N of Denbigh, 3.2 km NW of Slate Falls, on the E slope of a large hill. Access is via a dirt road which passes within 900 m of the deposit.
Pre- 1953: pitting. 1956: Eugene Simon and McCall: trenching, pitting, 6 ddh (1077 ft) 1961: Noranda Explorations Ltd: mapping 2000-03: Pelangio Mines Ltd.: airborne geophysical survey, ground geophysical survey 2006-2007: Adroit Resources Inc.: property acquisition
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Tweed files Lyndoch #43, Denbigh #7 | 31F03NW2007 | 31F03NW2007 |
| Tweed files Lyndoch #44, Denbigh #8 | 31F03NW2009 | 31F03NW2009 |
| 10 | 31F03NW9427 | 31F03NW9427 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Amphibolitic | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Garnetiferous | Adjacent |
Jul 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The main rock type is a fine- to medium-grained amphibolite gneiss composed of hornblende and plagioclase with minor biotite and quartz.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The northern showing consists of minor chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and sphalerite disseminated within a small lens of massive magnetite. A grab sample collected by the OGS from the trenches returned 0.22% Cu.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area
Publication Number: ARV62-05 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of Ashby and Denbigh townships
Publication Number: R026 Page: 35-36 Date: 1997
Author: Evans A.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 322 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Page: 226-227 Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 45-48 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Denbigh Area
Publication Number: P3437 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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