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Record: MDI31E13SE00030

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) P. C. McLean Showing - 1992
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-30
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nickel

Secondary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Lount

Latitude: 45° 46' 8.47"    Longitude: -79° 39' 40.44"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 604094.004   Northing: 5069256.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E13SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1992: P. C. Mclean - sampling, mapping, ground geophysics. 1998-99: H. Vandvalk - prospecting, ground geophysics, geochemistry


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
OP92-245 31E13SE0001 31E13SE0001
31E13SE2003 31E13SE2003 31E13SE2003
31E13SE2001 31E13SE2001 31E13SE2001

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Terrane: Parry Sound

Domain: Parry Sound

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Peridotite 1 Peridotite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Hornblende Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - A small plug of peridotite was mapped in the vicinity of an old pit.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2PentlanditeEconomicOre
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Nov 03, 2009 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by P. Maclean in 1992 returned 0.12% Ni and 0.4% Ni. Grab samples from the rubble dump collected by Vandervalk in 1998 returned values up to 0.21% Ni and 0.10% Cu



Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Township of Lount, District of Parry Sound, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-04 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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