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Record: MDI31D15SE00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Southeast Trounce - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 47' .54"    Longitude: -78° 33' 15.76"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 693477.504   Northing: 4961808.137    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: Point 1.8 km SSE of Birchbark Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa 1894 : a pit, 8 ft deep.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 garnetiferous

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyriteEconomicOre
10PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A pit was sunk in a rusty, garnetiferous gneiss (in marble). Py and po, often in large amounts, were present but gave no good assays. Similarly, when assayed in 1987.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Preliminary report on the geology of a portion of central Ontario situated in the counties of Victoria, Peterborough and Hastings; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), pt. J

Publication Number: GSC AR 6J Page: 11  Date: 1894

Author: Adams, F D

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297128


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 271  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 32  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: 110  Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada from the Laboratory of the Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 6, (1892-1893), part R

Publication Number: GSC AR 6R Page: 39  Date: 1895

Author: Hoffman, C.C.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297125


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