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Record: MDI41I09SW00004

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Positano Granite - 1994, Nipissing Granite - 1989, Warren Industrial Feldspar - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1991-Mar-14
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Gabbro



Location

Township or Area: Henry

Latitude: 46° 35' 58.56"    Longitude: -80° 23' 14.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 546913   Northing: 5160853.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 41I09SW

Point Location Description: precise

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: From highway 17E in Hagar, travel northward on highway 535 for 15 km and turn east on Chiniguchi River LRB. Drive east on this road for 1.4 km to fork in road. Take left branch and continue northward for 2.2 km to a north fork. Turn right and continue for 1.5 km to east quarry site.



Exploration History

mid 1970s: test blocks removed for market evaluation. 1986: Warren Industrial Feldspar Ltd. - block removal and testing. 1994: Positano Granite - stripping, testing




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gabbro 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Feb 26, 2009 (A Wilson) - The leucogabbroic or leuconoritic to anorthositic rocks are part of the Loughrin Lake intrusion.




Mineral Record Details

References

Folio - Henry Township, District of Sudbury

Publication Number: GDIF248 Date: 1997

Author: Sudbury RGO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Building stone inventory of the Sudbury Resident Geologist's area

Publication Number: OFR5721 Page: 50-53  Date: 1989

Author: Lacey J.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Paleoproterozoic River Valley Intrusion and Related Rocks, Grenville Province

Publication Number: OFR6123 Date: 2003

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Henry and Loughrin Townships

Publication Number: P3535 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 2004

Author: Easton R.M., ter Meer M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Building stone inventory of the Sudbury Resident Geologist's area, volume 2

Publication Number: OFR5762 Page: 22-23  Date: 1991

Author: Lacey J.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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