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Record: MDI31E05SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample 81-RK-85 - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Humphrey

Latitude: 45° 15' 51.39"    Longitude: -79° 38' 57.58"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 605962.996   Northing: 5013195.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The outcrop is located on Highway #532 approximately l kilometre north of Rosseau in a roadcut across from the Rosseau Cemetary.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Host
Pegmatite 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 11, 2011 (A Wilson) - A mixture of a medium grained quartz feldspar gneiss and a biotite hornblende gneiss are intruded by a pegmatite striking northeast-southwest. Disseminated pyrite occurs in the pegmatite.




Mineralization Comments

Mar 11, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by R. Keevil, OGS in 1981 returned 225 ppm Cu, and 220 ppm Zn.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

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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