Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Sample 81-RK-52 - 1981 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-May-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc
Secondary Commodities: Lead
Township or Area: Monteith
Latitude: 45° 25' 53.13" Longitude: -79° 37' 23.3"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 607699.999 Northing: 5031799.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05NE
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The pit is mapped as being 4 kilometres southwest of Bear Lake and 0.5 kilometres southwest of where Highway #518 crosses the Sequin River.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Diorite | Contains |
Mar 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - The country rock is a gneissic diorite to monzogranite,crosscut by numerous small pegmatite dikes. Pyrite is found in both the gneiss and the pegmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 17, 2011 (A Wilson) - Sample 81-RK-52 returned 96 ppm Cu and 56 ppm Zn from gneiss. A grab sample of quartz returned 98 ppm Cu, 6 ppm Zn and 2 ppm Pb.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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, 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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