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Record: MDI31C14SE00144

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Dipper - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1987-Apr-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Iron



Location

Township or Area: Barrie

Latitude: 44° 52' 22.65"    Longitude: -77° 5' 56.76"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 334193.35   Northing: 4970981.12    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C14SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Adjacent
Granite 2 Granite Adjacent
Vein 3 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GoldEconomicOre
10MagnetiteEconomicOre
15PyriteEconomicOre
20SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1909 52 Gold 17 Ounces
MDC018, p.33

References

Publication - Gold occurrences of Ontario east of lake Superior; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 192

Publication Number: GSC Mem 192 Page: 115  Date: 1936

Author: Kindle, E D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100824


Part - Geology of the Grimsthorpe-Barrie Area

Publication Number: ARV51-04.001 Page: 47  Date: 1998

Author: Meen V.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Madoc area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2053 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 10  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

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: 33  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: 103  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: 200-202  Date: 1985

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Marble Lake, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2499 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1985

Author: Moore J.M., Morton R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Marble Lake area, counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington

Publication Number: R238 Page: 51  Date: 1986

Author: Moore J.M., Morton R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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