Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record:
MDI31C14SE00149
| Record Name(s) | Cobalt-Frontenac - 1987 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Related Record(s) | |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1987-Apr-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
| Created By | |
| Revised By |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Silver, Arsenic
Township or Area: Barrie
Latitude: 44° 48' 7.21" Longitude: -77° 2' 46.99"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 338158.747 Northing: 4962993.012 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C14SE
Point Location Description: ' Au ' of ' Au, Sp ' symbol 160 m N of property symbol ' 7 ' S of Earls Bay, Big Gull Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Circa 1942 the Cobalt-Frontenac Mining Co. Ltd. carried out stripping, trenching and sunk a pit [ about 12 ft deep ] on the property.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Sp, py and po is hosted in a quartz vein [ max. 30 in wide ] and shear zone within a coarse, massive andesite. This lies about 400 ft N of the contact with the overlying Flinton Group. Significant Au values were reported from the quartz-sphalerite zone.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite | 1 | Shear Zone | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vein | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Gold | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Part - Geology of the Grimsthorpe-Barrie Area
Publication Number: ARV51-04.001 Scale: 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:
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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 Scale: 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 Scale: 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 Scale: Date: 1985
Author: Malczak J., Carter T.R., Springer J.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Marble Lake area, counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington
Publication Number: R238 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Moore J.M., Morton R.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
We are continuously updating our assessment file / technical report information. If you notice errors in the data, please contact us.
Please review our Terms of Use agreement for this data product.
For detailed information regarding this mineral record please contact the Southern Ontario Resident Geologist District Office