Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | OGS Sample 82-AH-11 - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Township or Area: Proudfoot
Latitude: 45° 37' 6.87" Longitude: -79° 13' 15.93"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 638687.998 Northing: 5053209.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E11SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From a cottage at the end of the North Sand Lake Road, walk approximately 2 kilometres at a bearing of 265 degrees to the only sizeable outcrop on the east shore of Tank Lake.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - Satterly described the outcrop as a biotite granite gneiss with inclusions of hornblende gneiss, in part garnetiferous. The outcrop is cut by several glassy white to grey quartz stringers with a maximum width of 8 inches.
Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by A. Hogg in 1982 assayed 7 ppm Cu, <2 ppb Au, <0.1 ppm Ag, 1 ppm As and <5 ppm Sb. The sample was collected from the vein. Assays of the host gneiss returned similar values
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Vein |
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
Location:
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