Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Vankoughnet Copper Claim - 1899 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Foley
Latitude: 45° 19' 39.76" Longitude: -79° 56' 22.46"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 583100.001 Northing: 5019902.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Travel east on highway 518 from highway 69, 4.5km, turning south on Garruthers Road for 1.3km. Follow gravel road west to gravel pit, shaft is 50m northwest of pit.
1899-1900: Niagara and Georgian Bay Mining and Development Co. Ltd. - shaft sinking
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Garnetiferous | Contains |
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Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - The country rock was described as hornblende gneiss and hornblende pegmatite. Modern interpretations identify the rock type as gneissic textured augen-textured leucodiorite to quartz leucodiorite. Primary igneous layering is present in places and is marked by pyroxene or its metamorphic equivalent.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - Chalcopyrite and bornite are sparsely disseminated throughout the hornblende pegmatite.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC012 Scale: Date: 1969
Author: Shklanka R.
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:
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
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 - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
Part - Copper and iron regions of Ontario
Publication Number: ARV09.008 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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