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Record: MDI31F02NE00104

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lac-Homestake - 2000, Gleeson-Rampton #1 - 2000, Clyde Property - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Jun-17
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Darling

Latitude: 45° 13' 53.93"    Longitude: -76° 33' 48.28"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 377277.019   Northing: 5009872.876    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02NE

Point Location Description: Triangle symbol ' 12 ' at SW end of Darling Long Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The location point marks the Gleeson-Rampton # 1 occurrence which lies in the area covered by Lac and Homestake claims, which are very extensive. They lie within the RLMZ as described by Easton and deKamp (OGS 1987).



Exploration History

The Gleeson-Rampton # 1 occurrence was initially outlined by Gleeson and Rampton in the early 1980s using geochemical soil surveys. This was later followed up by Lac Minerals Ltd and Homestake Minerals Development Co. (as well as others). These two companies both carried out extensive exploration programs in Darling and Lavant townships ( the Homestake properties were known under the ' Clyde ' name). Claims staked fall into the W and NW part of Darling township and work is recorded in the OGS AFROs. It is somewhat confusing, but exploration is centered around gold showings in the E part of the RLMZ, hosted within ferroan dolomitic marble bands and associated with zones of carbonatization, silicification and quartz veining. Claims cover parts of cons 1 to 7, lots 7 to 24.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Nine or more similar, gold-bearing deposits, lie within a 19 km long belt; part of the RLMZ. The E part of the RLMZ appears to be a favourable target for gold, and geochemistry has been a useful tool in outlining areas of mineralization. It is suggested (Easton and deKemp) that favourable target areas would be where the RLMZ intersects other faults and splays off the main shear zone.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 ferroan
Vein 2 quartz

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChalcopyriteEconomicOre
2PyriteEconomicOre
3TetrahedriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 17, 2022 (C Papertzian) - Mineralization consists of disseminated grains of tetrahedrite and cp, locally with minor bornite, sphalerite and py, within quartz veins and lenses of white dolomite. Sulphide content is generally less than 5 %. Au values of up to 1 g/t were reported from the Clyde property.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Exploration for gold in southeastern Ontario, 1980-1990

Publication Number: OFR5808 Page: 46-54  Date: 1991

Author: LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Darling area, Lanark and Renfrew counties

Publication Number: OFR5693 Page: 161  Date: 1988

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Clyde Forks area

Publication Number: P3093 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1990

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Darling area, Lanark and Renfrew counties

Publication Number: MP137.034 Page: 220-228  Date: 1997

Author: Easton R.M., de Kemp E.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


File - Resident Geologist files 1985-9, AFRO # 28-32, 37-43, 45-66, 70

Publication Number: Date: 2000

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


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