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Record: MDI31D16SW00112

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) St Joseph - 1979, St Joseph (Salmon Road) - 1979, Mike Easton sample 07RME-0173 - 2007
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron, Lead, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Titanium, Vanadium



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 50' .6"    Longitude: -78° 22' 33.92"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 707403   Northing: 4967804    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16SW

Point Location Description: 2.25 km north of Galloway Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access via Hwy 507 south from Gooderham, for about 8 km to the junction with the Salmon Lake road. The 2 claim blocks lie here and to the southwest.



Exploration History

1978-79 : St. Joseph Explorations Ltd. - geological mapping, geochem, VLF and magnetometer surveys, and DD-3. 2007 Ontario Geological Survey field studies.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.3061 31D16SW8532 31D16SW8532

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Domain: Harvey-Cardiff

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Siliceous Host
Granite 2 Granite Adjacent
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 3 Amphibole-Rich Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 17, 2017 (A Wilson) - Rusty zones and stratiform disseminations of pyrite and pyrrhotite are thought to have the most favourable potential for base metal mineralization.



Assay Samples

Assay Samples
CommodityAnalytical MethodDigestion Method ResultUnitLimitQualifier
IronUnknown17.77%
TitaniumUnknown2.64ppm
VanadiumUnknown523ppm

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Data - Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Data from Cavendish Township, Grenville Province, Ontario

Publication Number: MRD240 Date: 2010

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Page: 22  Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township and Environs, Grenville Province

Publication Number: P3605 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2010

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Precambrian Geology of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6229 Date: 2012

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Preliminary Assessment of the Geology and Mineral Potential of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6213.012 Date: 2007

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Article - Project Unit 07-003. Geology and Mineral Potential of Cavendish Township, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6226.014 Date: 2008

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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