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Record: MDI31D16SE00046

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Bay - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-16
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite, Gold



Location

Township or Area: Chandos

Latitude: 44° 49' 1.98"    Longitude: -78° 2' 4.53"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 734462.15   Northing: 4966924.38    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.5 Km NE of West Bay.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Within a short distance of the shore of Loon Lake.



Exploration History

Pits in rusty gneiss - probably sunk for gold ( 1899 ).




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Corundum in Ontario

Publication Number: ARV08-02.005 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Blue A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

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