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Record: MDI41I04NW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Lot 11, Con 4 Quartz Vein - 1965
Related Record Type	Simple
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	1991-Jan-28
Date Last Modified	2022-Jan-05
Created By	Q Unknown
Revised By	A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica

Location

Township or Area: Merritt

Latitude: 46° 14' 22.41" Longitude: -81° 48' 1.73"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 438284.996 Northing: 5120975.997 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I04NW

Point Location Description: Point

Location Method: Data Compilation

Exploration History

circa 1965: blasting and trenching for production of quartz chips for pre-cast concrete facings and decorative stone.

Geology

Province: Southern

Geological Age: Paleoproterozoic

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Relationship
Vein	1	Quartz	Host
Diabase	2	Diabase	Adjacent
Sandstone	3		Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Aug 10, 2009 (A Wilson) - Quartz veins occur at the contact between Nipissing dabase to the south and sandstone of the Mississagi Formation to the north.

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
Rank	Classification
1	Vein

References

Map - Merritt and Foster townships, Sudbury District

Publication Number: M2311 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1975

Author: Card K.D., Blackburn C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

MonoMap - Geology of the Espanola-Whitefish Falls area, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: R131 Scale: Date: 1976

Author: Card K.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Folio - Merritt Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF146 Scale: Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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