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Record: MDI31F07SE00069

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lerond Shaft - 1890, Lerond Occurrence - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Apr-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Bagot

Latitude: 45° 19' 40.9"    Longitude: -76° 44' 28.56"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 363546.999   Northing: 5020866.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SE

Point Location Description: description in AR53 pt 3

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The deposit is located 38 m S of the SW shore of Norway Lake and 107 m NE of an abandoned rail line. It is accessible by foot 670 m N from Murphy Road along the rail line.



Exploration History

Pre 1890: shaft sinking


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Gneissic Adjacent
Marble 2 Calcitic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The mineralization lies at the contact between a gabbroic intrusion and a narrow northeast-striking succession of interlayered calcitic and dolomitic marbles.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - Disseminated magnetite (up to 50%) was observed in bands with stringers of calcite or aggregates of calcite and actinolite parallel to the foliation. Massive magnetite occurs as a small lens of unknown dimensions.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Skarn
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated
2 Stratabound

References

Publication - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 49  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 55  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 315  Date: 1968

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 74-75  Date: 1980

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1978

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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