Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McMurray - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Aug-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-01 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver, Copper, Arsenic
Township or Area: Limerick
Latitude: 44° 51' 32.09" Longitude: -77° 33' 42.34"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 297598.737 Northing: 4970470.27 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C13SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: It can be reached from the gravel access road to Gilmour and Gunter which joins Hwy 62 about 36 road kms north of Madoc. The occurrence is accessible by a vehicle trail 300m southeast from the Gilmour access road, at a point east of the north end of Wadsworth Lake, 6 road km northeast of Gilmour.
Early 1900's: Wadsworth Lake Mining Company opened up 5 pits and a number of trenches. Early 1950's: Stratmat Mines Limed carried out a geophysical survey and completed an unspecified amount of drilling. 1958-60: Mr. V.A. McMurray excavated 2 pits at the north part of the occurrence and completed an unspecified amount of diamond drilling. 1962: Macassa Gold Mines Limited completed 310 feet of diamond drilling in the rusty schist zone. An option on the mining rights to the property was held by Mr. V.A. McMurray.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Adjacent |
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| Vein | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Arsenopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Erythrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 35 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 21, 94 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
MonoMap - Geology of Limerick and Tudor townships, Hastings County
Publication Number: R067 Page: 65-67 Date: 1969
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 104 Date: 1984
Author: Carter T.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Base metal, molybdenum and precious metal deposits of the Madoc-Sharbot Lake area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 293-5 Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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