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Record: MDI31E06SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Paget Property - 1901, OGS Sample 81-RK-72 - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Nickel, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Brunel, Brunel

Latitude: 45° 18' 5.79"    Longitude: -79° 9' 8.38"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 644858.58   Northing: 5018116.805    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E06SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: A pit is located on the side of a north facing slope about 100 metres west of a tractor trail that runs south from Brown's road. The tractor trail is approximately 3.7 kilometres from Brunel Road.



Exploration History

1901: G. Paget - DD-5- 340 ft. Circa 1950: Heastom Mining Syndicate - property evaluation


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 03, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample of mafic gneiss collected by the OGS in 1981 returned an assay of 1920 ppm Cu, 16 ppm Zn, 0.5 ppm Ag



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Mono - The gold potential of the Huntsville-Parry Sound area of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5521 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Villard D.J., Keevil R., Hogg A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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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