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Record: MDI31D15SE00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) North Union - 1991, Pyrrhotite Occurrence - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-16
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 46' 52.34"    Longitude: -78° 33' 21.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 693353.504   Northing: 4961551.135    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: Point 2 km SE of Birchbark Lake.

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Near the E margin of a small clearing.



Exploration History

Date unknown (at least 50 yrs old in 1987) : a pit, 3 x 3 x 3 m, in marble and siliceous metasediments.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A pit in marble and siliceous metasediments contains py and po. As may also be present. No anomalous values and < 5 ppb Au.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 31  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5639 Page: 109-110  Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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