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Record: MDI31E11SE00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample 81-RK-59 - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Proudfoot

Latitude: 45° 36' 7.36"    Longitude: -79° 12' 43.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 639432.004   Northing: 5051387.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E11SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Access is gained by walking north from Highway #518 along a tractor trail.



Exploration History

Pre 1942: pitting, approximately 5 tonnes of material removed


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The country rock is a fine to medium grained grey gneiss with white and rusty quartzo-feldspathic layers and augen.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyriteEconomicOre
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
3BorniteEconomicOre
4PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
5PentlanditeEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by R. Keevil in 1981 assayed 640 ppm Cu, 66 ppm Zn, 0.6 ppm Ag, and 231 ppm Sb.



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:


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

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