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Record: MDI31C12SE00059

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Robinson - 1991, Houston - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-28
Date Last Modified 2024-Jul-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Madoc, Madoc

Latitude: 44° 34' 52.14"    Longitude: -77° 32' 37.62"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 298054.695   Northing: 4939570.926    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Approximate, sample R-2 39112 location (31C11NW0002).

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1987: Houston: stripping


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
31C11NW0002 31C11NW0002

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Domain: Grimsthorpe

Supergroup: Grenville Supergroup

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Quartz Host
Paragneiss 2 Laminated, folded, sheared Footwall
Marble 3 Contains
Undetermined lava flow-unsubdivided 4 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
4EpidoteEconomic And Alteration
2HematiteEconomic And AlterationOre
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3LimoniteEconomicOre
5CalciteEconomicOre
7QuartzEconomicOre
6ChloriteAlteration

Mineralization Comments

Jul 22, 2024 (Nazha Sabiri) - Grab sample from a mineralized marble with hematite and quartz assayed 720 ppb gold, 119.0 ppm copper and 18.8 ppm zinc (31C11NW0002).



Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist files 1982, field report

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


Map - Madoc Township and part of Huntingdon Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: M2154 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1968

Author: Hewitt D.F., Appleyard E.C., Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Report of progress from 1866 to 1869

Publication Number: RepProg 1866-69 Page: 168  Date: 1870

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological survey of Canada

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


File - -Assessment files/ William Purvis Houston

Publication Number: AFRO 1987, #85, Date: 1987

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed Assessment Files


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