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Record: MDI41H08SE00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Big Four Property - 1899
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-24
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Molybdenum, Copper



Location

Township or Area: Foley

Latitude: 45° 16' 7.93"    Longitude: -80° 0' 50.52"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 577344.999   Northing: 5013291.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41H08SE

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Orthogneiss 1 Hornblende Contains

Lithology Comments

Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - Mineralization is hosted in hornblende gneiss and bluish quartz-rich pegmatite.




Mineralization Comments

Mar 01, 2011 (A Wilson) - The quartz carries much pyrite and only a little chalcopyrite.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Molybdenum deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC007 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Johnston F.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area

Publication Number: R052 Scale:     Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Parry Sound Area

Publication Number: P3550 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2004

Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Copper, nickel, lead and zinc deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC012 Scale:     Date: 1969

Author: Shklanka R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Copper and iron regions of Ontario

Publication Number: ARV09.008 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Coleman A.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


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