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Record: MDI31L04SE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Old Hewitt Mine - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-28
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gold



Location

Township or Area: Nipissing

Latitude: 46° 0' 1.5"    Longitude: -79° 31' 36.02"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 614082   Northing: 5095149    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L04SE

Point Location Description: approximate location of adit

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description:



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Biotite (Garnet) Gneiss Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 12, 2013 (A Wilson) - The rock is described a biotite or garnet-biotite gneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Mar 12, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Satterly returned a trace of gold. The showing is described as a pit extending 15 feet into the face of a cliff.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound

Publication Number: R094 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - North Bay area, Nipissing and Parry Sound districts

Publication Number: M2216 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1971

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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