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Record: MDI31F02SE00055

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lavant Creek - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-13
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Antimony

Secondary Commodities: Zinc, Lead, Mercury, Bismuth, Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Lavant

Latitude: 45° 6' 44.19"    Longitude: -76° 38' 32.17"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 370817.123   Northing: 4996734.823    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02SE

Point Location Description: Precise, square symbol Cu 15, just W of Lavant Creek, lot 17, conc 5.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The occurrence is accessible only by foot from a point about 90 m south of the Lavant Township firehall, 1.1 km south of the bridge over the Clyde River at Joes Lake along a gravel road. It is located on the side of a steep ridge 1600 m at a bearing of 217 deg from this point.



Exploration History

1957: A.F. Taylor completed 9 diamond drill holes totalling 1500 feet, minor mineralization was observed in the drill core. 1975: Lynx-Canada Explorations Ltd. completed a soil geochemistry survey for Cu, Zn, Ag, Bi, As and geological mapping. 1978: Selco Mining Corporation Ltd. completed one diamond drill hole totalling 177 feet in length. No mineralization was encountered.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
10 31F02SE9820 31F02SE9820
63.3383 31F02SE9615 31F02SE9615
2.2047 31F02SE9613 31F02SE9613



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

File - Resident Geologist files Lavant #1, 13

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Location: Tweed RGP office


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

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 41-42  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 Page: 104  Date: 1984

Author: Carter T.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: R253 Page: 38-9, 47-9  Date: 1989

Author: Pauk L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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