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Record: MDI31C13SW00097

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cameron Prospect - 1990, Crowe River Copper - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-03
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Chandos

Latitude: 44° 46' 17.22"    Longitude: -77° 53' 36.11"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 271053.103   Northing: 4961634.929    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13SW

Point Location Description: Property marked ' copper ', 4.6 Km N of Lasswade.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Several pits on a ridge of biotite-feldspar gneiss in lots 31 and 32; the shaft is situated in about the centre of lot 32. 10 chains W of the road near the township corner.



Exploration History

Pits and a shaft ( 15 ft diameter, 30 ft to water ) opened at about the turn of the century for copper ( chalcopyrite ) - with a trace of gold and silver. Believed to have been fenced ( capped ? ) in 1979.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 61, 108  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


MonoMap - Geology of Chandos Township, Peterborough County and Wollaston Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: R011 Page: 26  Date: 1998

Author: Shaw D.M., Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 5, (1890-1891

Publication Number: GSC AR 5-R Page: 52-53R  Date: 1893

Author: Hoffman, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297060


Part - Minerals of Ontario, with notes

Publication Number: ARV09.009 Page: 196, 199  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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