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Record: MDI31F02SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) H.S. Robertson - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Lavant

Latitude: 45° 2' 44.77"    Longitude: -76° 39' 19.62"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 369629.159   Northing: 4989367.773    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02SE

Point Location Description: Precise, dot symbol Au 5, just S of Robertson Lake and E of Lavant Mtn.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The occurrence is located 190m south of Robertson Lake, 365 m west of a gravel road.



Exploration History

1934, 1944: trenching, 3000 feet of diamond drilling by Consolidated Mining and Smelting.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GoldEconomicOre
10PyriteEconomicOre
15PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 16, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Best reported assay from drilling by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, in 1938 and 1944 - 0.11 oz/ton Au over 5.6 feet of drill core (AR Vol 65, pt 7, p33,41). A sample taken by the authors of MDC 20 contained 50 ppb Au (p44).



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI 31F02 AU 2

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Part - Geology of the Clarendon-Dalhousie area

Publication Number: ARV65-07.001 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Smith B.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Gold deposits of Ontario, part 2, part of District of Cochrane, districts of Muskoka, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Timiskaming, and counties of southern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC018 Scale:     Date: 1979

Author: Gordon J.B., Lovell H.L., de Grijs J.W., Davie R.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1979

Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area

Publication Number: MDC020 Scale:     Date: 1980

Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Metallogeny of the Grenville Province, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5515 Scale:     Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Lavant area, Frontenac and Lanark counties

Publication Number: R253 Scale:     Date: 1989

Author: Pauk L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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