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Record: MDI31E05SW00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lot 26 Concession 7 - 1901
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Foley

Latitude: 45° 17' 28.4"    Longitude: -79° 58' 49.3"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 579954.997   Northing: 5015808    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05SW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: Pit is 270m northeast of intersection of Goddard Crescent and Blue Lake Road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The rock is described as a hornblende gneiss containing many stringers of pegmatite and cut by a 2 foot pegmatite dike. 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.




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:


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:


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 - 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:


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