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Record: MDI42L10NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Aldor Exploration Beryl - 1930
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Beryl (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Durer Lake Area

Latitude: 50° 41' 31.15"    Longitude: -86° 50' 42.93"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 510930   Northing: 5615585    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay North

NTS Grid: 42L10NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of dike

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1929-30: Ontario Department of Mines – mapping, discovery of beryl 1960: Aldor Exploration and Development – DD-2-220 ft


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
63A.374 42L10NW0019 42L10NW0019
11 42L10NW0040 42L10NW0040

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: English River

Terrane: English River Basins

Belt: Melchett Lake

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Muscovite-Bearing Host
Intermediate lava flow-unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 18, 2014 (A Wilson) - Beryl crystals up to 1 inch in width were fround within 2 muscovite-rich dikes a few feet in width.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Kowkash-Ogoki area, District of Thunder Bay

Publication Number: ARV40-04.002 Page: 82  Date: 1998

Author: Kindle L.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Kowkash-Ogoki area, District of Thunder Bay, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM40F Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Kindle L.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Compilation series, Ogoki Lake sheet, Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts

Publication Number: P0274 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1997

Author: Stott G.M., McConnell C.D., Mason J.K.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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