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Record: MDI000000001806

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) South Zone - 2014
Related Record Type
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2015-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By A Wilson
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 40' 15.4"    Longitude: -78° 32' 45.66"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 694516   Northing: 4949327.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D10NE

Point Location Description: graphitic zone roughly parallel to Discovery Zone

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

2013-14: Valterra Resource Corporation carried out mapping, sampling.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Amphibolitic Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 12, 2015 (A Wilson) - The graphite is hosted in amphibolite gneiss and occurs on the edge of an electromagnetic anomaly within the Discovery Zone geophysical grid.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 12, 2015 (A Wilson) - Sampling has identified >1% Cg over a 25 m strike length including channel samples of 1.2 m grading 2.4% Cg and 1.15 m grading 2.4% Cg. A chip sample over 1.3 m in amphibolite gneiss returned 2.0% Cg.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Map - Haliburton-Bancroft area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: M1957B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Publication - Press Release

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 2014

Author: Valterra Resouce Corporation

Publisher Name:


Map - Bedrock geology of Ontario, southern sheet

Publication Number: M2544 Scale: 1:1,000,000    Date: 1991

Author: Ontario Geological Survey

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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