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Record: MDI31L11SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) L. Foster Property - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Copper



Location

Township or Area: Butler

Latitude: 46° 30' 45.18"    Longitude: -79° 0' 39.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 652593   Northing: 5152920    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L11SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1963: L.O. Foster – DD-5-166 m


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
14 31L11SE0015 31L11SE0015

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Terrane: Tomiko

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Contains
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jul 31, 2012 (A Wilson) - Chalcopyrite is sparsely disseminated in coarse-grained recrystallized portions of a migmatitic, gneissic biotite granite east of Timber Lake, and chalcocite and chalcopyrite are disseminated in quartz veins cutting across calc-silicate gneiss near Crocan Lake.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Mono - Industrial minerals of the Sudbury area

Publication Number: OFR5329 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Vos M.A., Smith B.A., Stevenato R.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Article - Tomiko area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: MP032.023 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Eastern Tomiko Terrane, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR5554 Scale:     Date: 2006

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Songris Area

Publication Number: P2847 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2006

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geological series, Tomiko area (east half), District of Nipissing

Publication Number: P0679 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


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