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Record: MDI31B05NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Escott Copper - 1855
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1990-Nov-30
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Escott, Escott, Escott

Latitude: 44° 26' 52.81"    Longitude: -75° 56' 13.86"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 425429.732   Northing: 4922060.731    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31B05NW

Point Location Description: Point 1 km NW of Escott on lot 15, con 2.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1855-65 : pits worked for copper ore are described on lots 16 and 17 in a ' vein or interstratified bed ' in micaceous schist. It is 4-5 ft thick with about 15 inches of solid chalcopyrite, some pyrite and quartz, orthoclase, tourmaline and mica. The vein was seen in the roof of a drift. To the SW (100 ft) along strike, another opening contained a vein 3 ft wide with cp, py, tourmaline, quartz and feldspar - presumably on lot 15, where a shaft was sunk about 50 ft and at 20 ft a level was run NE 50 ft to a large open pit.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The copper mineralization may be related to the intrusion of pink granite into biotite gneiss.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
10MicaEconomicOre
15OrthoclaseEconomicOre
20PyriteEconomicOre
25QuartzEconomicOre
30TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 692-693  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


Publication - Brockville-mallorytown map area, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC Mem 134 Page: 53  Date: 1923

Author: Wright, J F

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100859


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