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Record: MDI31C12NW00154

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Blue Lake Anomaly - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Methuen

Latitude: 44° 37' 59.2"    Longitude: -77° 52' 38.47"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 271776.63   Northing: 4946222.74    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.8 km east of Blue Lake.



Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
20 31C12NW0018 31C12NW0018

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Domain: Belmont

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Host
Granitoid-Unsubdivided 2 Host
Limestone 3 Limestone Near

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 01, 2019 (Nazha Sabiri) - Mr. Tripp, M. R. noted the presence of magnetite mineralization within the gabbro as well as pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in holes 3 A to 6 A.. (Assessment report 31C12NW0018). Harding, W.D. 1951, noted that magnetite is present near the contact of Grenville metasedimentary and intrusive bodies. (PR1951-06)



Mineral Record Details

References

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:


Mono - Preliminary report on ground investigation of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Campbellford and Bannockburn sheets

Publication Number: PR1951-06 Page: 34  Date: 1998

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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