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Record: MDI31C05NE00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McCann - 1867
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-06
Date Last Modified 2022-May-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Huntingdon

Latitude: 44° 27' 43.49"    Longitude: -77° 32' 14.53"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 298152.732   Northing: 4926328.738    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE

Point Location Description: General, Point 8.0 km NE of Bonarlaw.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: South half of lot 1, conc. XIII



Exploration History

Circa 1867: 2 pits excavated by unknown operators. 1990: Pits examined by Noranda Exploration Company Limited.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2TourmalineEconomicOre
3HematiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 29, 2006 (D Laidlaw) - Sample of quartz-calcite vein material from east pit assayed 4.65 g/t Au. Syenite within a shear zone is silicified, sericitized, contains up to 5% disseminated pyrite and 1-3% tourmaline.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Exploration for gold in southeastern Ontario, 1980-1990

Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 67-69  Date: 1991

Author: LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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File - Resident Geologist files 1990

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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