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Record: MDI31E05SW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. MacMillan Property - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Foley

Latitude: 45° 19' 25.44"    Longitude: -79° 59' 10.17"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 579455.004   Northing: 5019414.005    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05SW

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1900: property disposed to Imperial Copper Company; stripping and 2 pits sunk to 6 feet


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Mar 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as disseminated sulphides within coarse pegmatitic bands of gneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

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:


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:


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, 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:


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