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Record: MDI31D16NW00165

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Northwest McCue - 1976
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 58' 29.26"    Longitude: -78° 17' 22.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 713711.71   Northing: 4983724.49    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 0.6 km northwest of McCue Lake.



Exploration History

1976: Imperial Oil Ltd. – geological and radiometric surveys. 1979: Western Mines Ltd. – airborne geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.3081 31D16NW0008 31D16NW0008
2.2322 31D16NE0011 31D16NE0011

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 1 Footwall
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granitic Adjacent
Paragneiss 3 Biotite-Hornblende Adjacent
Quartz Arenite 4 Adjacent
Marble 5 Footwall

Lithology Comments

Jan 31, 2017 (A Wilson) - The claim area is underlain by metasediments belonging to the Grenville Supergroup, in contact with the Glamorgan Granite Gneiss. "Feldspathic biotite - hornblende paragneiss, quartzite, and white marble are the predominant rock types. Some diopside - actinolite skarn and granitic pegmatite occur as small stringers in the metasediments.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MicroclineEconomicOre
2PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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