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Record: MDI31C13SE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Shough-Buchanan - 1981, Cobalt Frontenac - 1981, Orion - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Nov-27
Date Last Modified 2022-May-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Grimsthorpe

Latitude: 44° 50' 19.45"    Longitude: -77° 31' 46.38"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 300073.761   Northing: 4968149.242    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SE

Point Location Description: Centre of N half of lot 29, con 18, E of Wadsworth Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1936-42 : the Cobalt-Frontenac Mining Co Ltd held claims in lots 28 and 29, cons 18 and 19. Some trenching was carried out in a schist intruded by aplite. Low Au values were reported. 1980 : W. Shough and K. Buchanan (Orion Explorations) carried out surface exploration and sampling around the Gilmour Mine property on lot 30, con 19 (a shaft and dump lie within their claims). See 'Gilmour Mine', MDI31C13SE00017.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.3612 31C13SE0029 31C13SE0029
2.3356 52C13NW0001 52C13NW0001
63.3843 31C13SE0030 31C13SE0030

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - These claims are in the area of (and overlap onto) the Gilmour Mine property - carbonatized quartz veins carrying disseminated py, po, cp, bornite, free gold and tourmaline, in mafic metavolcanics.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Vein 1 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of the Grimsthorpe-Barrie Area

Publication Number: ARV51-04.001 Page: 49-50  Date: 1998

Author: Meen V.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Page: 43  Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 103  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 Page: 351F  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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