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Record: MDI31C11SW00080

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hawkins Bay - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-27
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silver, Copper, Antimony

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Hungerford

Latitude: 44° 31' 33.97"    Longitude: -77° 21' 5.03"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 313151.713   Northing: 4932997.96    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: General, Point just N of Hawkins Bay.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the eastern side of Hawkins Bay near the boundary between Lots 8 and 9, Concession XIV.



Exploration History

1991: Robert Ross of Belleville carried out prospecting, sampled the dumps of a prospect pit, ran soil geochemical and VLF-EM surveys across the mineralized zone as part of an OPAP project (Hungerford file #7).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ArsenopyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3TetrahedriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Apr 12, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Grab samples assayed up to 3% Cu, 0.09 ounce Au per ton, and 11.1 ounces Ag per ton. Veins contain up to 5% tetrahedrite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 169  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 63-66  Date: 1991

Author: LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Compend - Report of activities, 1991, Resident Geologists

Publication Number: MP158 Page: 358-359  Date: 1992

Author: Fenwick K.G., Newsome J.W., Pitts A.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files AFRO 1991, Hungerford File #7

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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