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| Record Name(s) | Wanning Property - 2013, Wanner Property - 2013 |
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| Date Created | 2016-Aug-11 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Nov-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Gold
Township or Area: Elzevir
Latitude: 44° 32' 34.78" Longitude: -77° 23' 21.83"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 310187 Northing: 4934962 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C11SW
Point Location Description: Property visit to old pits.
Location Method: Other
Access Description: Take Peterson Rd. north from Hwy. 7 (10 km west of the Hwy 37 intersection. The old pits lie approximately 250m north of the end of Peterson Rd. along a trail that leads north from the house and branches eastward after approximately 300m.
The only record of work done that may apply to this property occurs in a locally published history of Elzevir Township (Holmes 1984) that quotes from a report from the early 1900’s with “gold is being found in large quantities near the western boundary of Elzevir, near the Berry [Barry] property [by Mr. Cowan and Mr. Feeney – no reference given]”. This reference may refer to the 3 old pits that are found on this property.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Domain: Grimsthorpe
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Aug 11, 2016 (L Hall) - Mafic volcanic and clastic metasedimentary rocks of the Tudor Group form a 3 – 5 km wide, NNW trending belt sandwiched between carbonate-dominated metasedimentary rocks of the Belmont domain to the west and the Elsevir felsic pluton to the east. Nearby gold occurrences including the Barry, Sophia and Mono sites. Gold bearing quartz veins in these occurrences are hosted in sheared and iron-carbonate (+/- biotite; +/- pyrite) altered mafic metavolcanic rocks in proximity with the clastic metasedimentary rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mafic lava flow-unsubdivided | 1 | Amphibole | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 2 | Biotite | Clastic | Contains |
| Vein | 3 | Quartz, Tourmaline, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Silver | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
| Commodity | Analytical Method | Digestion Method | Result | Unit | Limit | Qualifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Atomic Absorption AA | Lead Fire Assay | 25326 | ppm | 3 | |
| Silver | Gravimetric | Lead Fire Assay | 2 | oz/T | .1 |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Vein (Polymetallic) |
Date: May 22, 2013
Geologist: P LeBaron
Notes: Visited in 2013, see property write-up in OFR6296.
Book - Times to remember in Elzevir Township
Publication Number: Date: 1984
Author: Holmes, J.
Publisher Name: Elzevir and Grimsthorpe Township Council publication, Madoc Printing
Location: Southern Ontario RGP Library
Mono - Report of Activities 2013, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Ontario Districts, and Petroleum Operations
Publication Number: OFR6296 Page: p. 38-41 Date: 2014
Author: Sangster P.J., LeBaron P.S., Charbonneau S.J., Laidlaw D.A., Debicki R.L., Wilson A.C., Halet S.E., Carter T.R., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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