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Record: MDI31C09SE00082

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Beverly Copper - 1851
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-May-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

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



Exploration History

Circa 1851: 3 vertical exploration shafts constructed, depths range from 2 to 6 m


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Siliceous Host
Vein 2 Calcite Host
Conglomerate 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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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