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Record: MDI31C13NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Little Salmon Lake - 1981, B.F. Maidens - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Jun-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-16
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Cashel

Latitude: 44° 55' 41.22"    Longitude: -77° 32' 34.06"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 299338.217   Northing: 4978110.891    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13NE

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' 7 ' just N of Cashel Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: A hill rises sharply, about 80 ft above the NE shore of Little Salmon Lake. Halfway up the hill a 40 foot trench exposes the deposit. 75 % of the pyritic material yielded 38.83 % sulphur.



Exploration History

Work prior to 1906 - stripping and trenching.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GraphiteEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre
15PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 16, 2022 (Q Unknown) - A hill rises sharply, about 80 ft above the NE shore of Little Salmon Lake. Halfway up the hill a 40 foot trench exposes the deposit. 75% of the pyritic material yielded 38.83% sulphur.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
Sulphur/PyriteUnknown38.83%

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI # 507984, 31C13 PYR 1

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Part - Iron pyrites in Ontario

Publication Number: ARV16-01.007 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Fraleck E.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC005 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Geology of Cashel Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R071 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5548 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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