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Record: MDI31C10NW00232

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A. Hughes - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Jul-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead



Location

Township or Area: Kennebec

Latitude: 44° 41' 41.85"    Longitude: -76° 53' 52.08"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 349632.526   Northing: 4950816.93    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NW

Point Location Description: Precise, trench just W of property symbol 7, 1.9 km SSE of S end of Big Clear Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Late 1940s, Amos Hughes opened a pit in massive sulphides. Pit measured 2.5m long X 0.5m wide and 1m deep, exposed massive pyrite. Sample taken by OGS.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 2 Gneiss Near

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Sample taken by OGS yielded 37.8% Fe, 0.39% Zn, 0.35% Cu, 32.6% S and trace Pb.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Long Lake, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2449 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Wolff J.M., Smith D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Long Lake area, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties

Publication Number: R216 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology of the Long Lake area, Frontenac County

Publication Number: OFR5271 Scale:     Date: 1979

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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