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Record: MDI31E12NE00024

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Ferrie Iron - 1899
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Ferrie

Latitude: 45° 44' 5.05"    Longitude: -79° 52' 20.31"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 587736   Northing: 5065194.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E12NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1899: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Garnetiferous Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Granite Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - A pit was sunk on garnetiferous amphibolite within biotite granite gneiss.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - Disseminated magnetite occurs as a wide band within biotite granite gneiss. The magnetite was described as being disseminated



Mineral Record Details

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:


Part - Copper and iron regions of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV09.008 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Coleman A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian geology, Whitestone Lake area

Publication Number: M2540 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1990

Author: Bright E.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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:


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