Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Sample 81-RK-4 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc
Township or Area: Monteith
Latitude: 45° 25' 42.85" Longitude: -79° 36' 37.53"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 608700 Northing: 5031499.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The pit is located 1.2 kilometres southeast of where the Sequin River crosses Highway #518. Drive south from Highway #518 along West Bear Lake Road for 3.0 kilometres and turn west on a hunt camp trail, just past a gravel pit. Follow road to the end (1.5 kilometers). The pits are approximately 100 metres northeast of the hunt camp.
pre 1941: pitting
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Diorite | Contains |
Mar 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - Bedrock in the vicinity of the pit is limited. Information pertaining to the geology was obtained from dump material. The country rock is a quartz-biotite gneiss that has been sheared and intruded by a pegmatite. Satterly described the geology as being comprised of biotite gneiss, garnet-biotite gneiss and hornblende gneiss with pegmatite stringers. Two pits were found in the same vicinity. The southern pit was 6 feet deep and the northern pit was 4 feet deep.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - The best assay returned 370 ppm Cu, 65 ppm Zn and 22 ppm Pb.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 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:
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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, Orrville Area
Publication Number: P3414 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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