Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Dunchurch Pit - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jul-07 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Hagerman
Latitude: 45° 39' 3.11" Longitude: -79° 51' 7.18"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 589450.002 Northing: 5055898.005 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E12NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: #124 and York Street in the town of Dunchurch. The first pit is 50 metres southwest of York Street from a point on York Street 75 metres northwest of Highway #124. The second pit is approximately 400 metres from Highway #124 on the north side of York Street.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic And Alteration | Ore | Pyritic | 1 | ||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore |
Dec 06, 2011 (A Wilson) - A zone of mineralization containing pyrite, pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite is exposed at the contact of the gneiss and the pegmatite. The best assay was returned from sample 82-AH-9 collected from the gneiss. The sample assayed 109 ppm Cu, <0.1 ppm Ag, <5 ppb Au, <2 ppb As and <1 ppm Sb.
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 - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC018 Scale: Date: 1979
Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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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