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Record: MDI31E05NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McNeil Mine - 1895
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Jan-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Ferguson

Latitude: 45° 28' .99"    Longitude: -79° 59' 38.75"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 578634   Northing: 5035316    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1895: McNeil - pitting




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Intermediate Granofels 2 Intermediate To Felsic Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MuscoviteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Mar 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - A 1895 report indicates that some excellent specimens of white mica were taken out and marketed.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Sixth report of the Inspector of Mines

Publication Number: ARV05.009 Page: 280  Date: 1998

Author: Slaght A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area

Publication Number: R052 Page: 50  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area

Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2004

Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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