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Record: MDI31C05NE00135

General

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron

Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Gold

Location

Township or Area: Marmora

Latitude: 44° 29' 50.79"    Longitude: -77° 36' 29.32"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 292648   Northing: 4930434    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C05NE

Point Location Description: Precise. Location of large pit and magnetite waste piles.

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS

Access Description: Travel approximately 3.2 km east from Marmora on Hwy 7. Turn south on a sideroad which intersects old #7. The property is south of old #7 at this point. An old logging trail provides partial access.

Exploration History

Numerous pits and trenches of unknown origin (likely late 1880's) trend northwards toward the Rankin occurrence. The Marsh Ore Bed and Rankin occurrences have been repeatedly held as one property, so much of their history overlaps. 1976: RADEM VLF-EM survey by J.R. Harrington (31C05NE0015). 1979-1980: Line-cutting and RADEM VLF-EM survey. IP survey was run on 2 lines (31C05NE0010). 1982: Fluxgate magnetometer survey by J.R. Harrington (31C05NE0012). 1983: Sampling by J.E. Muir of the Falconbridge Metallurgical Laboratories was conducted (31C05NE0010). Dipole-dipole induced polarization survey was conducted (31C05NE0010). 2010: Golden Jaguar Explorations Ltd conducted a geological survey with sampling and analyses.

Assessment Work on File

Geology

Province: Grenville

Domain: Belmont

Geology Comments

May 11, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - The property is on the western margin of the Deloro granite. The intrusion is complex and altered at its margins and varies in composition with syenite, diorite, and granodiorite phases.

Mineralization

Mineralization Comments

May 11, 2023 (Mateo Dorado-Troughton) - Magnetite mineralization was observed in multiple rock piles south of pit 15, the original exposures are no longer apparent. Massive magnetite is common, associated with minorpyrite, pyrrhotite, and arsenopyrite mineralization. The rocks are weathered, rusted, and gossanous. Occasional seams of euhedral crystalline magnetite are visible as well. Assessment file 20000004577 report elevated, but uneconomic Ti and V values from waste rock piles.

Mineral Record Details

Site Visit Information

Date: May 09, 2023

Geologist: Mateo Dorado-Troughton

Notes: Visited by the SO DG and summer student. Waste pile samples of massive magnetite were collected. Pits 14 and 15 (referenced in (86-MAR-02) were located, the mineralization is not visible due to flooding in the pits.

References

File - Mineral Deposit Mapping Report (86-MAR-02)

Publication Number: Min Dep Date: 1986

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP

Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 168  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/222878

Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 167  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Geology of Belmont, Marmora, and southern Methuen townships, Peterborough and Hastings counties

Publication Number: OFR5537 Page: 193  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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