Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | OGS Sample 81-RK-70 - 1981 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
Record Status | Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Feb-25 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
Created By | Q Unknown |
Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Copper
Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Gold
Township or Area: Spence
Latitude: 45° 33' 12.73" Longitude: -79° 44' 48.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 597819.003 Northing: 5045207.996 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E12SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The trench is located on the east shore of a pond located 1.5 km north-northeast of Plumtre Lake
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Contains |
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Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The rocks in the area consist of a series of steeply dipping gneisses ranging from amphibolitic to quartzofeldspathic. Rusty carbonate layers with 5 - 10% sulphides and 2% magnetite occur within the gneisses in a l metre thick zone.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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2 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - OGS sample 81-RK-70 assayed: 14,400 ppm Cu, 122 ppm Zn, 3.1 ppm Ag, 390 ppm Au. OGS sample 81-RK-67 assayed 3500 ppm Cu, 2 ppm Pb, 58 ppm Zn, 3.1 ppm Ag, 100 ppm Au.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
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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