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Record: MDI31F06NE00144

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample T-544 - 1978, Meadow North - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper, Zinc

Secondary Commodities: Gold, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Grattan

Latitude: 45° 28' 18.83"    Longitude: -77° 8' 51.64"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 332126.002   Northing: 5037618.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Py-po and cp, up to 10 % combined, occur in a gneissic syenite (unit 5b). There are more than a dozen rusty gossan zones (up to 2 x 20 m in size) in a zone 360 long x 6-18 m wide. The mineralized syenite intrudes metamorphosed arenite. Samples taken by the OGS.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Sheared Host
Sandstone 2 Arenite Sheared Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 09, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by the OGS in 1978 returned 0.01 to 0.06% Cu, < 0.01% Zn and trace gold and silver.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

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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