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Record: MDI31L13SW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hopkins Mining Property - 1955, South Cross Lake Formation - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Jan-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By M Gaudreau

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Torrington

Latitude: 46° 48' 42.18"    Longitude: -79° 59' 3.43"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 577490.82   Northing: 5184742.13    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L13SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

IRON FORMATION: 91M WIDE AND 1372M LONG, GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 30.6% SOLUBLE IRON, TOWNSHIP EXTENSION: POSSIBLE EASTWARD EXTENSION OFKREFELD IRON DEPOSIT IN VOGT TOWNSHIP.


Geology

Province: Southern

Subprovince: Cobalt Basin

Supergroup: Huronian Supergroup

Formation Group: Cobalt Group

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Gabbro Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample from this outcrop reportedly assayed 30.6% soluble iron.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geology of the Vogt-Hobbs area, District of Nipissing

Publication Number: R022 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Grant J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


Map - Vogt-Hobbs area, Nipissing District

Publication Number: M2048 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Grant J.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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