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Record: MDI31E05SW00017

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) W. J. Nelson Property - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-24
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Foley

Latitude: 45° 19' 52.71"    Longitude: -79° 57' 59.57"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 580981   Northing: 5020274.998    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 (Christie Road) 2km from highway 69 to Liness Road. Pit is 100m northwest up Liness rd on southwest side.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - 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. The rock on the dump and around the shaft is silicified granite gneiss, pegmatite and hornblende pegmatite. The test pit exposed a lens of coarse hornblende pegmatite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - Disseminated pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pyrite were found within pegmatite and the host rock.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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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 - 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

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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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