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Record: MDI31C13SE00158

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Grimsthorpe Anomaly - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Iron



Location

Township or Area: Grimsthorpe

Latitude: 44° 48' 25.43"    Longitude: -77° 30' 21.59"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 301826.786   Northing: 4964573.198    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SE

Point Location Description: Precise. 8.5 km SE of Gilmour.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Madoc, at the intersection of Hwys 7 and 62, drive 35 km north on Hwy 62 to the Weslemkoon Rd; turn right and drive east for 7.7 km to the Skootamatta Forest Access Road; turn right and drive south-southeast for 7.5 km to the Lingham Lake Road; turn right and drive south for 1.8 km. At this point a road heads west; follow this road for about 500 m; turn a compass bearing of about 310 deg. and traverse about 3 km.



Exploration History

1951: Canada Iron Mining Ltd. (Louis Moyd) performed ground magnetic survey using a dip needle (63.259). 1999: OPAP99-545, Jim Laidlaw performed reconnaissance work (sampling, prospecting) over this area.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63.259 31C13SE0032 31C13SE0032
2.20852 31C14SW2005 31C14SW2005



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Rock assays ranging from 158 to 2000 ppm Cu were reported.



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Township of Ashmore, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: M1951-02 Page: #38  Scale: 1:12,000    Date: 1997

Author: Horwood H.C., Pye E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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