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Record: MDI41I07SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) D.L. McKinnon - 1963
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Mar-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Silica



Location

Township or Area: Secord

Latitude: 46° 19' 16.7"    Longitude: -80° 53' 42.15"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 508080   Northing: 5129753    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I07SW

Point Location Description: drill hole cluster

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1962-64: Primary Gold Mines - DD-7. 1963: D. L. McKinnon - DD-2.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
Secord-0010A1 41I07SW0004 41I07SW0004

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Orthosandstone 1 Orthoquartzite Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Biotite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Feb 18, 2009 (A Wilson) - The orthoquartzite is coarse-grained and milky white to light pink in colour.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Silica in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR009 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Burwash area, districts of Nipissisng, Parry Sound, and Sudbury

Publication Number: R116 Scale:     Date: 1975

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Folio - Secord Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF259 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Sudbury RGO


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