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Record: MDI31E12SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample 81-RK-70 - 1981
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

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Gold



Location

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



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

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

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.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

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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