Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McDonald Mine - 1898 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1992-Mar-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-24 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Foley
Latitude: 45° 17' 34.31" Longitude: -79° 58' 39.78"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 580159.997 Northing: 5015992.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: 170m southeast from intersection of Blue Lake Road and gravel road along north shore of Otter Lake.
1898-99: 32.3m shaft.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Leucodiorite | Contains |
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Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The shaft was sunk in a hornblende gneiss containing three pink granitized zones. 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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| 3 | Malachite | Economic And Alteration | Ore | 1 | |||
| 1 | Bornite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The granitized zones contain disseminated chalcopyrite, some bornite and secondary malachite.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
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
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:
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:
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:
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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