Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Old Burns Shaft - 1898 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Foley
Latitude: 45° 18' 20.1" Longitude: -79° 58' 50.9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 579899.998 Northing: 5017402.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05SW
Point Location Description: shaft
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Shaft is located 20m northwest of CPR tracks, 300m northeast of Blue Lake road and ~700m from highway 69
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - The shaft was sunk in coarse hornblende pegmatite that cuts hornblende gneiss. Rock on the dump includes pegmatite and siliceous granite gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcocite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - Bornite, chalcopyrite and chalcocite were observed at the margin of a band of hornblende gneiss.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
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
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:
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, 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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