Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Lot 29 Concession 8 Iron - 1903 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1981-Jun-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Iron
Secondary Commodities: Titanium
Township or Area: Foley
Latitude: 45° 18' 15.85" Longitude: -80° 0' 18.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 577984.997 Northing: 5017247.995 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H08SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: The pit is located ~100m east of the northeast tip of Bennett Lake. The shaft is located 250m southeast and 250m east of Bennet Lake. Access by foot through bush.
1903: DD-9-582 feet, 17 ft shaft, trenching
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Granite | Contains |
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| Orthogneiss | 2 | Contains |
Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as approximately 50% magnetite within a 4 foot wide zone of granite gneiss. Hornblende and granite gneiss are commonly observed. Fifty feet to the south, a magnetite-pyrite zone approximately 5 feet in width was observed.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Feb 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - A 5.5 pound sample collected by J. Satterly returned 54.14% Fe, 9.63% SiO2, 5.60% TiO2, and 2.13% S.
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 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
Location:
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Scale: Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Orrville Area
Publication Number: P3414 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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