Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Tower Lake Property - 2000 |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2012-Jun-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-30 |
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Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Mattawan, Mattawan
Latitude: 46° 23' 42.87" Longitude: -78° 55' 26.75"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 659592 Northing: 5140057 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L07SW
Point Location Description: sample sites in assessment file
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: The claim group is accessed from a seasonal, high quality logging road which branches off Hwy 533 some 13 km northwest of Mattawa. A secondary logging road heads north through the property off the main logging road. This secondary roads winds its way for 2 km. onto the property.
2000-2002: Barton Garnet – ground geophysics, mapping, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Mattawan SP-0012 / 31L07NW2010 | 31L07NW2010 | 31L07NW2010 |
| Mattawan SP-0021 / 31L07NW2012 | 31L07NW2012 | 31L07NW2012 |
| Mattawan SP-0025 / 31L07NW2016 | 31L07NW2016 | 31L07NW2016 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Terrane: Tomiko
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Eclogite | 1 | Eclogite | Is |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Adjacent |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Garnet | Economic | Ore |
Jul 12, 2012 (A Wilson) - The main mineralogy of the samples consists of orange-red, often rounded garnets, black hornblende and pyroxene, and white to clear plagioclase, quartz and possibly K-feldspar. The garnet composition ranges from 15-30% and the grain size ranges from 1-3 mm.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Metamorphic |
Map - Precambrian Geology, Songris Area
Publication Number: P2847 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2006
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Eastern Tomiko Terrane, Grenville Province
Publication Number: OFR5554 Scale: Date: 2006
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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Map - Geological series, Mattawa-Deep River area (western half), District of Nipissing
Publication Number: P1196 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1976
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
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