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Record: MDI31C13SE00110

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wadsworth Lake - 1991, Wadsworth Lake Anomaly - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-May-10
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Grimsthorpe

Latitude: 44° 50' 59.55"    Longitude: -77° 33' 24.81"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 297951.743   Northing: 4969454.26    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SE

Point Location Description: Point 1 km E of Wadsworth Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1916 : a test pit/trench was put in for nickeliferous pyrrhottite and gold. 1953-4 : Stratmat Ltd carried out a mag survey and drilled 5 short (50 ft) holes over a mag anomaly.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.567 31C13SE0033 31C13SE0033

Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Disseminated po and minor cp and py were found in 3 of the 5 holes drilled. Exposure is poor.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: OFR5548 Page: 152D  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Preliminary report on the geology in the vicinity of aeromagnetic anomalies on the Bancroft and Coe Hill sheets

Publication Number: PR1951-02 Page: #19  Date: 1998

Author: Abraham E.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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