Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Snow Road Occurrence - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Silver
Township or Area: Tudor
Latitude: 44° 47' 1.75" Longitude: -77° 35' 18.12"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 295230.73 Northing: 4962195.204 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C13SE
Point Location Description: Precise Property symbol AC 2.7 km ENE of Jordan Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Travel 20.05km north on Hwy 62 from Cooper Road (Bannockburn). Turn right (east) onto Weslemkoon Lake Road and drive 2.45km into Gilmour. Take the right fork and drive 2.95km northeast. Turn right (south) just past a small shack and drive 6.3km to southeast edge of hydro cut on Snow Road. Walk 230ft (70m) along Snow Road from the edge of the hydro cut and then walk 80ft (24m) west.
Trace gold and silver in grab samples taken from vein in pit by Lumbers (GR 67, p69).
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 1 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 2 | Calcite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Five pits were excavated in interlayered, middle greenschist facies felsic and mafic metavolcanics. In the largest pit (20 feet long, 5 feet wide and at least 15 feet deep) a quartz-carbonate vein about 1 foot wide, and numerous quartz stringers are exposed (GR 67, p69).
MonoMap - Geology of Limerick and Tudor townships, Hastings County
Publication Number: R067 Page: 69 Date: 1969
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5515 Page: 105 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: 351S Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
File - Resident Geologist 1986, field report
Publication Number: Date: 1996
Author:
Publisher Name:
Location: Tweed RGP
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