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Record: MDI31E05SW00039

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lot 14 Concession 2 pit - 1925
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Jun-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Foley

Latitude: 45° 15' 56.02"    Longitude: -79° 54' 13.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 586009.001   Northing: 5013036.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Orthogneiss 1 Hornblende Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 01, 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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicGangue
4MagnetiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 4 lb grab sample collected by J. Satterly returned 0.32% Cu and a 6 lb grab sample collected from a pit to the south returned 0.26% Cu.The mineralization is described as being disseminated. The mineralization consists of chalcopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotite and magnetite.



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

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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

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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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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:


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