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Record: MDI31C03NE00040

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mount Pleasant - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-May-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Tyendinaga

Latitude: 44° 14' 6.87"    Longitude: -77° 4' 11.35"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 334710.103   Northing: 4900084.471    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C03NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Beside road between Marysville and Mt. Pleasant.



Exploration History

Pre-1953: diamond drilling by Trent River Iron Limited.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2HematiteEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre
4MartiteEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre
6PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
1DiopsideEconomicGangue
2EpidoteEconomicGangue
3ScapoliteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - One drill hole intersected 199 feet of magnetite stringers and bands in amphibolite and pyroxenite overlain by 231 feet of Paleozoic sediments. Scapolite, diopside, epidote, carbonate, pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite also present in mineralized form. (MRC 11, p177).



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 177  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Iron deposits of eastern Ontario and adjoining Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 45

Publication Number: GSC Bulletin 45 Page: 46  Date: 1958

Author: Rose, E.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100563


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