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Record: MDI31F06NE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample T-227 - 1978, McDonalds Mountain - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-May-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Zinc, Nickel



Location

Township or Area: Sebastopol

Latitude: 45° 24' 43.86"    Longitude: -77° 12' 2.1"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 327808.999   Northing: 5031095.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: South of Opeongo Road and east of Kregurs Creek.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host
Syenite 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The gabbro intrudes metamorphosed wacke and arenites and is intruded by syenite and several granite pgegmatite dikes. The metagabbro is massive, medium- to coarse-grained and in sharp contact with the syenite. The metagabbro has a width of approximately 200 m in the vicinity of the mineralization.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Themistocleous in 1978 returned 0.02 oz/t Au, 740 ppm Cu, 146 ppm Zn, 170 ppm Ni. The mineralization occurs in an overgrown trench. Pyrite and pyrrhotite comprise approximately 25-30% of the metagabbro in the trench



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Clontarf area, Renfrew County

Publication Number: R209 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County

Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1980

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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