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Record: MDI31E14SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) C. A. Boyce Property - 1984, OGS Sample 81-RK-49 - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Strong

Latitude: 45° 46' 14.49"    Longitude: -79° 24' 21.39"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 623939.997   Northing: 5069805.994    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E14SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The workings are located on a property currently owned by C.A. Boyce of Sundridge, They are 700 metres northeast of Highway #11 on the west side of Arena Road and can be reached from the Boyce house by following a trail west for 33 metres into a hardwood bush.



Exploration History

1902: DD-2-110 feet


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

Feb 10, 2011 (A Wilson) - The country rock is a biotite-hornblende gneiss that strikes east-west and dips 60 degrees to the north. A quartz vein intrudes the country rock in the trench.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
3PentlanditeEconomicOre
4SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Feb 10, 2011 (A Wilson) - Sample 81-RK-47 returned 88 ppm Cu, 98 ppm Zn. Sample 81-RK-49 returned 55 ppm Cu, 100 ppm Zn



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

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 - 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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