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Record: MDI000000002332

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Canadian Nickel Company - 1982, Trigan West Gabbro Ilmenite - 1998
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2019-Aug-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Titanium



Location

Township or Area: Methuen

Latitude: 44° 36' 11.16"    Longitude: -77° 58' 13.57"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 264272   Northing: 4943154    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SW

Point Location Description: Sample: RX059017

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: Approximately 350 m south of boundary of concession 8, 9 Lot 8,and the intersection of fire route 93A.



Exploration History

1982-1983 Canadian Nickel Company Limited geophysics, geological mapping, sampling and assaying.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.4798 31C12NW0012 31C12NW0012
2.5469 31C12NW0010 31C12NW0010
2.22696 31C12NW2003 31C12NW2003

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Domain: Belmont

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Aug 30, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - The local area geology consists of medium grained gabbroic rocks, metasedimentary arkosic rocks and felsic dyke intrusions. The occurrence is hosted by the gabbroic rocks.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Medium Grained Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Marble, Arkose, Quartzite Adjacent
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 3 dyke Adjacent
Pegmatite 4 Feldspar Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1IlmeniteEconomicOre
2MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 30, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - One sample assying 28.4% (or 20.4%,, hard to distinguish 0 from 8 on the map) TiO2. According to report 31C12NW0012, only TiO2 was assyed.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Methuen Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario

Publication Number: M1960E Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV25-01.003 Date: 1998

Author: Sutherland T.F., Collins E.A., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Article - Marmora, Belmont and Southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties

Publication Number: MP100.002S Date: 1998

Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Bannockburn Area

Publication Number: P3402 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of Belmont and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5372 Date: 1982

Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M., Murray M.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Mafic-Ultramafic Intrusions, Base-Metal Sulphides, and Platinum Group Element Potential of the Grenville Province in Southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5880 Date: 1994

Author: Wilson G.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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