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Record: MDI31C15NW00169

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Island - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Lead

Secondary Commodities: Antimony



Location

Township or Area: Clarendon

Latitude: 44° 57' 12.21"    Longitude: -76° 53' 8.95"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 351248.06   Northing: 4979502.85    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15NW

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' Y ', 0.25 km NW of Big Island.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Dolomitic Near

Lithology Comments

Jun 11, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Grayish-white crystalline dolomite hosts the mineralization on this property




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 11, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - A steel-gray fibrous massive form Jamesonite occurs with pyrite and pyrrhotite in a gangue of dolomitic marble.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 11, (1898), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 11R Page: 15, 27  Date: 1900

Author: Hoffmann, G.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297003


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

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 136  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 312  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Folio - Clarendon Township, Frontenac County

Publication Number: GDIF088 Date: 1997

Author: Tweed RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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