Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Beverly Copper - 1851 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1990-Sep-22 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-May-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Bastard
Latitude: 44° 35' 56.72" Longitude: -76° 7' 2.36"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 411326 Northing: 4939023 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09SE
Point Location Description: general location of 3 developed shafts
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Circa 1851: 3 vertical exploration shafts constructed, depths range from 2 to 6 m
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Siliceous | Host |
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Vein | 2 | Calcite | Host | |
Conglomerate | 3 | Adjacent |
Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - Several veins of calcite, one of them two or three inches wide, intersect the strata. Several shafts were sunk on these veins.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - Small quantities of copper were found on the 24th lot of the 10th range of the township of Bastard. Sample collected and sent to the GSC contained 30% Cu.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Report of Progress for the year, 1851-52
Publication Number: GSC RepProg1851 Page: 83 Date: 1852
Author: Loga, W E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123559
Publication - Report of progress for the year 1858
Publication Number: GSC RepProg1858 Page: 51-52, 64 Date: 1859
Author: Logan, W E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123562
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 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 - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 61 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
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