Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Sample 81-RK-83 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Cardwell
Latitude: 45° 13' 54.71" Longitude: -79° 34' 18.89"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 612100 Northing: 5009699.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The outcrop is located approximately 5 kilometres southeast of the Village of Rosseau on Highway #532. It is the first rock cut northwest of the intersection of Highway #532 and Rosseau Road 3.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Gronodioritic To Trondhjemitic | Contains |
Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - The country rock is comprised of a quartz, biotite gneiss with minor variation to an amphibolite, feldspar gneiss. A 3 to 4 metre zoned granitic pegmatite dike intrudes the gneisses with a northeast/southwest strike and vertical dip.
Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Sulphide mineralization(pyrite) is restricted to the more mafic zones adjacent to the pegmatite. The best assay from the site returned 134 ppm Cu, 275 ppm Zn and 30 ppm Pb.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Mono - The gold potential of the Huntsville-Parry Sound area of Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5521 Scale: Date: 1984
Author: Villard D.J., Keevil R., Hogg A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Lake Joseph Area
Publication Number: P3412 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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