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Record: MDI31E14NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Manella-MacLean Graphite Project - 1990, Sausage Lake Graphite - 1942, Serra S. Bruno Property - 1924
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1981-Aug-18
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite, Gold, Silver

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Laurier

Latitude: 45° 57' 5.45"    Longitude: -79° 18' 18.5"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 631350.998   Northing: 5090057.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E14NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: From highway 11 in Trout Creek turn northeast onto Main St. Follow for 0.8km and turn southeast. Continue for 4.4km to Sausage Lake dam road. Take road on left. First feature is located 400m south, 25m west of road.



Exploration History

1924: Milton Hersey Co. Ltd. - sampling. 1982-84: Copconda-York - DD-4. 1988: Astwell Park Resources Inc. - trenching, sampling, mapping. 1990-94: B. Manella and P. McLean - stripping, sampling, soil sampling, mapping, ground geophysics


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
W9490-00053 31E14NW0001 31E14NW0001
63.5755 31E14NW9762 31E14NW9762
63..5344 31F14NW0003 31F14NW0003

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Schist-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Feldspar-Biotite-Graphite Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the Milton Hersey Co. Ltd company in 1924 returned 1.36 oz/t Au and 2.3 oz/t Ag. Grab samples collected by Astwood Park Resources Ltd. returned values up to 2.67% C. A bulk sample collected by Manella and McLean returned 34.4% graphitic carbon. The graphite is described as occurring both in flake and vin form. The graphitic veins are up to 4 feet in width. Grab samples collected by the OGS in 1984 returned values up to 27.85% C, 175 ppm Zn, and 51 ppm Cu



Mineral Record Details

Mineral Zones - Size and Shape

Zone Name: Detour Lake - Rank 1
Shape Length Thickness Depth Strike Dip Plunge Trend Age Reference
Unknown 1000 150

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 63  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Page: 42  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - The gold potential of the Huntsville-Parry Sound area of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5521 Page: 44  Date: 1984

Author: Villard D.J., Keevil R., Hogg A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Graphite in the Central Gneiss Belt of the Grenville Province of Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5649 Page: 96-104  Date: 1987

Author: Garland M.I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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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:


Article - Algonquin Resident Geologist's District - 1990

Publication Number: MP152.016 Page: 295  Date: 1997

Author: Garland M.I., Villard D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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