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| Record Name(s) | Methuen Township Ilmenite - 1980, Canadian Nickel Company - 1980, Trigan East Gabbro - 2000, Twin Lake diorite - 1991, Harold White - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect With Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Titanium
Secondary Commodities: Iron
Township or Area: Methuen
Latitude: 44° 37' 46.38" Longitude: -77° 52' 25.47"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 272049 Northing: 4945817 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C12NW
Point Location Description: DDH PH-08-03
Location Method: Field Visit with GPS
Access Description: From the hamlet of Oak Lake, travel north on County Road 46 for approximately 10 km. The deposit is located approximately 200 m east of County Road 46.
Pre 1956: prospect pits on showing of ilmenite, magnetite and hematite in lot 8 concession 3, H.F. Taylor drilled 9 shallow diamond drill holes. 1969-Harold White (White, Brown, Regan S, Tripp): 29 diamond drill holes totaling 1247 metres and assays 1981-1983: Canadian Nickel Company Limited/Inco Limited Field Exploration. Work on property includes open cuts and extensive diamond drilling, ground geophysics and assays. Definition of a reserves of 13.2 million tons of Titanium oxide. 2000-2008: Trigan Resources Inc. Quarrying operations to exploit the gabbro surrounding the ilmenite. 2008: drilling of 15 vertical percussion drill holes to define the eastern limits of the ilmenite mineralization, sampling and assays.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| Tweed files 1969, Methuen 4,5,7,9,10,12,14,15 | 31C12NW0025 | 31C12NW0025 |
| Tweed file 1975, Methuen #23 | 31C12NW0017 | 31C12NW0017 |
| Tweed file 1983, Methuen #31 / 2.8100 | 31C12NW0035 | 31C12NW0035 |
| Tweed file 2000, Methuen #41 / 2.22242 | 31C12NW2002 | 31C12NW2002 |
| Tweed file, Methuen #17 | 31C12NW0018 | 31C12NW0018 |
| Tweed files, Methuen #28, 30 | 31C12NW0013 | 31C12NW0013 |
| Tweed file, Methuen #32 | 31C12NW0015 | 31C12NW0015 |
| Tweed file, Methuen #33 | 31C12NW0011 | 31C12NW0011 |
| Tweed file, Methuen #51 / 2.41124 | 20000004089 | 20000004089 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Elzevir
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Aug 22, 2016 (L Hall) - Proterozoic metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the Elzevir Terrane are intruded by a pair of small, oval, mafic plutons. The titanium deposit occurs on the eastern margin of the eastern-most pluton.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbronorite | 1 | Gabbro-Norite | Cumulate | Host |
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Feb 27, 2019 (Sheree Hinz) - The titanium deposit is hosted in a cumulate gabbro norite rich in oxides near the eastern margin of the mafic Twin Lakes Intrusion. Historic Resource of 13 million tons of 21.7% Ti.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Ilmenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Magmatic |
Date: Aug 22, 2012
Geologist: P LeBaron
Notes: Three visits were made to the active trap rock quarry and the titanium dioxide prospect. Regional Resident and District geologists were accompanied by M. Anderson of Trigan Resources and D. Rogerson of MRT Aggregates. Samples of the titanium deposit and trap rock stock pile were collected.
| Zone | Year | Category | Tonnes | Reference | Comments | Commodities |
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| Methuen Township Ilmenite Deposit | 1980 | Recoverable | 13200000 | OFR5992 | Titanium 21.7 % |
Map - Methuen Township, County of Peterborough, Ontario
Publication Number: M1960E Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bannockburn Area
Publication Number: P3402 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 291 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 281 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 88 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County
Publication Number: OFR5635 Date: 1987
Author: Menard A.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 1998, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeast and Southwest Districts, Mines and Minerals Information Centre, and Petroleum Resources Centre
Publication Number: OFR5992 Page: 11-12 Date: 1999
Author: Sangster P.J., McGuinty W.J., Papertzian V.C., Steele K.G., Lee C.R., Laidlaw D.A., Stewart J.M., Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 160 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Report of Activities 2012, Resident Geologist Program, Southern Ontario Regional Resident Geologist Report: Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Ontario Districts, and Petroleum Operations
Publication Number: OFR6288 Page: 41-43 Date: 2013
Author: Sangster P.J., LeBaron P.S., Charbonneau S.J., Laidlaw D.A., Wilson A.C., Carter T.R., Fortner L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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