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41I09SW0015 NOHFC#7114 HENRY 010 GEOLOGICAL REPORT ON THE BUILDING STONE PROJECT LOUGHRIN AND HENRY TOWNSHIPS SUDBURY MINING DIVISION for JOHN BRADY by: NORWIN GEOLOGICAL LTD, EDWARD SAWITZKY JUNE 3, 1994

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41I09SW0015 NOHFC#7114 HENRY 010

GEOLOGICAL REPORT

ON THE

BUILDING STONE PROJECT

LOUGHRIN AND HENRY TOWNSHIPS

SUDBURY MINING DIVISION

for

JOHN BRADY

by: NORWIN GEOLOGICAL LTD,

EDWARD SAWITZKY

JUNE 3, 1994

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TABLE .OF C

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SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION l

2. PROPERTY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY l

3. PREVIOUS WORK l

4. GEOLOGY 2

4.1 REGIONAL 2

4.2 LOCAL 2

5. MINERAL DEPOSIT 4

6. PROJECT 5

6.1 RATIONALE 5

6.2 METHODOLOGY 5

6.3 RESULTS 6

7. TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS 7

7.1 OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 7

8. ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO NORTHERN ONTARIO 11

9. RECOMMENDATIONS 11

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

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SUMMARY

Geological evaluation of the site, finished products and

engineering tests indicate that:

1) the property contains at least one - a fine-grained pink

granite, and possibly two - a black diabase, large stone deposits

of significant economic; potential.

2) the Iinpalla granite deposit was not evaluated due to poor market

conditions.

3) at least two of the developed faces ate capable of supporting

quarry operations as evidenced by removal of three intact blocks of

+X- 10 tons each.

4) initial industry evaluation based on engineering tests (Trow

Engineering, Sudbury) and appearance ha i.een positive in regards

to the pink granite.

5) production will remain dependent o ri economic and market

condi tions.

6) the project lias been a successful endeavour and added positively

to Ontario's dimension stone resources.

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1. INTRODUCTION

Heritage Fund Application #7114 by John Brady is a request for

assistance to pre-develop a newly discovered building stone deposit

with a focus on quarry development, block removal, cutting,

polishing, A.S.T.M. testing and industry appraisal.

This report summarizes the field work carried out by the

writer in November, 1993 on the stone projects in Loughrin and

Henry Townships.

2. PROPERTY. DESCRIPTION. LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY

The Loughrin deposit is accessed by Highway 535 and is 16 km.

due north of the town of Hagar, Ontario. Hagar lies 55 km. east of

Sudbury along Highway 17 (Figures l and 2).

The deposit occurs on four (4) contiguous unpatented mining

claims that straddle the north-south boundary line of Loughrin and

Henry townships. Claim numbers are S 1179570 - 1179573 inclusive.

John Brady is the sole proprietor of the property and there

are no contractual obligations or option agreements that apply to

the property.

3- PREVIOUS WORK

There has been no recorded prior work on the claims under

discussion (John Brady, pers. coinm.)

The Loughrin deposit was discovered by Mr.Brady in 1992. A

preliminary assessment program of mapping, stripping, trenching and

small block removal was undertaken at an approximate cost of

160,000.

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4. GEOLOGY

4.1 REGIONAL

The deposit lies within the Central Gneiss Belt of the

Grenville Province of the Precambrian Shield. The host rocks are

of mesoproterozoic (0.9 to 1.6 Ga.) aye and consist of migmatitic

and gneissic rocks of undetermined protolith (Lumbers, 1973).

These rocks occur as layered biotite gneisses and migmatites which

locally include quar tzof eldspathic gneisses, orthogneisses, and

paragneisses (Lumbers, 1973). Minor massive granite pegmatite and

cataclastic metadiabase of late precambrian age also occur on the

property (Lumbers, 1973). Immediately east of the property lies a

large intrusive body of gabrro\anorthosi.te composition common to

the River Valley area.

4.2 LOCAL

The topography of the area of the property hosting the

potential building stone is relatively flat with local ridge

development of moderate to low relief. Overburden is generally

very shallow, often less than seveial inches to two feet in

thickness. Exposed bedrock, however, is less than about 2% by

area .

The property visit was restricted to outcrops from which face

development and block removal was carried out. Three outcrop areas

were examined.

The pink "granite 1 deposit consists of essentially two large

bedrock exposures (sites A and B, described below). The host rock

is an equigranular, fine to medium grained, biotite - amphibole

quartz monzonite. The rock is moderately to weakly foliated and

weakly gneissic. Minor constituents include magnetite and rare

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W x 7' x 6'nicTDifT /^\er ci inoi IDV Ulb 1 KIU 1 Ur oUUl3UKT

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sulphide. Felsic (generally pegmatoid) and mafic veining\stringers

occur in minor amounts at site A and are more common at site B.

Veins and stringers are often folded and or boudinaged. The colour

of the granite is fairly homogeneous - a pale to moderate pink.

The gneissosity gives the rock a characteristic banded appearance.

Fracturing varies from site to site (discussed below), with

site A being generally more massive than site B. A detailed study

of the fracture pattern would require a more thorough cleaning of

the surface of the outcrops. Sheeting is difficult to determine

because of the lack of exposure in the vertical dimension.

A narrow 3-foot wide diabase dike crosscuts the granite

several meters south of the face #2 (Site A) developed area.

Underlying the deposit area east of the latter pink granite is

a diabase dike ( > 80 foot width) which is medium to coarse

grained, equigranular, non-foliated and variably magnetite-bearing

( <l% to 4-5%). Colour is uniformly greenish-black. Sulphide

content is generally low ( < 0 .5 %). Minor thin ( < 1 \4 inch ) felsic

stringers crosscut the diabase locally and trend parallel to

fractures (Figures 3 and 4).

In the north exposure the bedrock is well-fractured with

tightly spaced fractures (inches to feet).

Fracturing in the southern outcrops is less intense, however,

exposure is poor (details below).

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l PINK GRANITE

r- GNEISSOSITY t-- AREA OF STRIPPING

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GEOLOGY SITE B

DISTRICT OF SUDBURY

ISO FEET

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5. MINERAL DEPOSIT

Description o f m ineralization-type: Stone

Commodity sought is building stone predominately for

dimensional blocks; some usage for fuiniture and ornamental

purposes is possible.

Two varieties of stone were examined d ) a pink granite

b) a Mack diabase

Dimensions:

a) Pink granite (sites A&B)

i) Overall dimension of intermittently exposed pink granite at

site A is about 420 feet (north-south) by 180 feet (east-west).

ii) At site B, approximately 700 feet north along Hwy 535, the

overall dimension of exposed pink granite is about 110 feet by 50

feet.

b) Black diabase (site C)

i) Overall dimension of site where faces T S 2 are developed is 130

feet by 75 feet.

ii) At tlie second site (face III) overall dimension of exposed rock

is 15 feet by 30 feet.

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Reserves

i) Pink Granite (sites A S B)

From the exposures at sites A and B and intermittently

stripped areas adjacent to these sites and assuming a vertical

depth of 50 feet; the potential mineral inventory of this pink

granite would yield a volume of +X- 32 million cubic feet (assuming

a surface area and depth respectively of 800'x 800' x 50').

ii) Black Diabase

From the exposures at site C and intermittently stripped areas

adjacent; to site C and assuming a vertical depth of 50 feet; the

potential mineral inventory of this black diabase would yield a

volume of +V- 4 million cubic feet (assuming a surface area and

depth respectively of 1000'x 80' x 50').

6. PROJECT

6.1 Rationale

The objective of this project was to test a newly discovered

building stone deposit, in accordance with Schedule "A" ( see File

#7114, legal agreement with NOHFC).

6.2 Methodology

a) Site preparation:

John Deer excavaLor was employed to prepare quarry sites which

involved cleaning, removal of waste rock, stone and site

rehabilitation. Also used was a wajax pump for hydraulic stripping

and cleaning.

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b) Face development:

-air track drill used for drilling off face

-closely spaced drill holes, with average 1.5 inch separation

-average length of hole was four feet

-core size used was 2.5 inches

c) Block extraction:

After drilling off face, blocks were displaced from face by

blasting as follows: best results were obtained by using 1/4 stick

in two inside coiners with double b-.l i ne running in each hole.

This shifted the block slightly away from the developed face. The

block was then removed via excavator, boom truck and float.

6.3 Results

a) Site preparation:

Three sites were prepared, two on the pink granite and one on the

black diabase deposits.

b) Face development:

Site A: three developed faces and four blocks removed each H-\- 10

tons

Site B: one developed face and no blocks removed

Site C: two developed faces and f out blocks removed each +V- 10

tons

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c) ASTM testing:

Results from ASTM building stone testing are detailed in the

attached report from Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd. (see Appendix

A). Trow considered the stone supplied by John Brady to be

suitable in all respects for building stone purposes.

d) Cutting and polishing: Trow Engineering commented that the samples of stone from the Brady deposit polished well and wa-s

attractive. George Khouri of Khouri Granite Ltd. (Sudbury, Ontario) likewise commented that the rock cuts and polishes well

and is a pleasing and attractive stone for decorative purposes. As per conditions of bulk sampling permit and marketing initiatives

samples of both the pink granite and black diabase were given to the numerous industry representatives (see Appendix B).

In all cases industry comments were very favourable, however,

market conditions limit further exploitation of the resource at

this time.

e) Results of geological mapping is discussed below.

7. TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS

7.1 Observations and Conclusions

Three sites were visited; two sites on the pink granite (sites A

and B) and one on the black "granite 1 (site C) (see Figures 2 and 3).

Pink Granite

This deposit consists of two separate bedrock exposures; site A is accessed by Hwy 535 and lies 50 feet west of the highway.

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Site B also accessed by Hwy 535 lies approximately 300 feet due

west of the highway and about 700 feel jiotth of site A.

a) Site A

At t h i site three separate localities had faces developed and

each area will be discussed separately.

i) At the first location (Face I) the following observations were

made :

- one west and south face were developed

- dimensions of two exposed sides were 9x3 feet, and 9x4 feet

- fractures developed weie:

1) flats (sheeting); one observed

2) vertical; fractures are parallel to the gneissosity

rock is a fine-grained, equigranular, foliated and weakly

gneissic pink granite, weakly magnetic and devoid of sulphides.

Biotite defines the fabric in the rock. Two thin mafic stringers

and one narrow pegmatite vein cross-cut folia and gneissosity.

Weakly oxidized upper surface of face gives rock a slight yellowish

hue .

i i) At the second location (Face TT) the following observations

were made:

- two north arid one west face were developed

- dimensions were 6 x 4.5 feet, 6x4.5 fewt and 10 x 3.5 feet

- fractures developed were:

1) flats (10 dip degrees to the northeast, spacing *s 3 0 inches)

2) fractures parallel to gneissosity (spacing > 10 feet in general)

3) fractures perpendiculctr to diabase dike trend ie. 240 degrees/80

degrees dip (narrow spacing inches to feet)

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4) fractures associated with the intrusion of the diabase dike (140

degrees\ 80 degrees dip), this fracturing decreases in intensity

rapidly away from the contact

- rock is fine-grained to medium grained, massive to gneissic, non-

xenolithic and has minor veins\striagers (mafic and pegmatoid).

iii) At the third locality (Face III) thy following observations

were made:

- one south face was developed

- dimensions were 18 x 4 x 3.5 feet

- fractures developed were:

1) s ubflats (discontinuous, rusty, 15 - 25 degree dips northeast)

2) fractures 40 to 50 degrees\ 75 degree dip

- rock is fine to medium grained, equigranular, foliated and

gneissic, weak to moderately magnetic and pink in colour. Minor

mafic veining is present.

b) Site B

At this location one northerly face was developed. Face

development was parallel to fractured surface and, therefore, face

exposure is poor. Dimensions of exposed sides are 20 K 3 feet and

6x4 feet. Fracturing is fairly strong throughout outcrop and

spacing varies from 0.5 feet to 3 feet wiLh prominent directions

being 260/80-75 dips and 0-20/80 east and west dips. Flats are

irregular in dip (north,east and west). The rock is fine grained,

equigranular, weakly magnetic, gneissic with veining (mafic and

felsic) more prominent than at site A.

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c) Site C

At this location, opposite site A and 70 feet east of Highway

535, in two separate areas face development was attempted.

i) At this locality (Face I) one north face was developed.

- dimensions 10 x 4.5 x 4.5 feet

- fractures developed were:

1) flats (numerous, narrow spacing < 3-4 inches)

2) vertical azimuth 320, spacing inches to 4 feet

- rock is medium grained, equigranular, strongly magnetic, non to

weakly foliated with very low sulphide content. Colour is

uniformly black to dark green.

ii) At this locality (Face III) one north face was developed.

- dimensions were 11 x 6 feet

- fractures developed were:

1) flats (minor)

2) 120 degrees dipping 80 (spacing 2 feet)

200 degrees dipping 80 (spacing l to 3 feet)

- rock is coarse grained, equigranular, non-foliated, and black to

green in colour. Minor white; felsic stringers are parallel to

second fracture set. This section is lower in elevation than the

latter area and contains less fractured rock.

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8. ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO NORTHERN ONTARIO

A total of nine people were employed by the project between

July l L) t. o September 15, 1994 at various times for approximately 40

manweeks of employment. Due to depressed market conditions no

further development/expenditures are warranted at this time.

Nonetheless, the project has confirmed Lhat a very large deposit of

fine-grained pink granite and black diabase which meet both the

ASTM specifications and positive industry response to qualify as an

attractive commercial building stone are potentially available.

With improved economic conditions and available markets these

deposits would be capable of supporting approximately 10 to 15

workers for 8 months of the year in extraction. An additional 6-8

workers could also be employed in cutting, polishing and marketing

efforts.

9. RECOMMENDATIONS

1) Further development in the vicinity of sites A and B to find

more outcrops of pink granite, especially with a natural ridge face

to facilitate block removal.

2) Further site preparation and hydraulic washing in areas adjacent

to sites A and B to expose additional massive sections of pink

granite.

3) Further block removal at site A to test: the depth potential of

this material is warranted. Considering the significant cost of

this proposal, waiting until the market for stone has improved

should be considered.

4) Further development in the vicinity of site C to locate more

massive less fractured black diabase.

5) A diamond drilling program to determine depth of deposit (for

reserve calculations) and density of fracturing.

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APPENDIX A

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Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd. 1074 Webbwood Drive Sudbury, Ontario P3C 3B7 Telephone: (705) 674-9681

Sudbury Branch Facsimile: (705) 674-8271

SOO575R April 7, 1994

Mr. John Brady 1227 Holland Road Sudbury, Ontario P3A 3R1

Dear Sirs:

BUILDING STONE TEST RESULTSPINK GRANITE AND BLACK TRAP ROCK

SUDBURY, ONTARIO

Further to your request, we have completed ASTM building stone testing in connection

with the above noted rock and, based on our findings, we provide the following comments

and recommendations.

One, 200 mm block specimen of each rock type was delivered to our office in early

February 1994, together with a polished specimen of each rock. We have described the

rock/building stone as a mottled pink granite and black trap rock (probably diabase),

respectively.

We understand that the rock is derived from a potential quarry property north of Hagar,

Ontario.

Both specimens are attractive, well polished and seem very durable. There are no

apparent sulphides or iron minerals that would affect weathering or staining and both rock

types contain a high percentage of quart/ minerals and can be considered granite. Testing

requirements for granite building stone were, therefore, undertaken and the laboratory

results are provided in the attached Table l.

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SOO575R 2Trow

Both specimens exceed the ASTM compressive strength requirements; however, the black

granite is considerably stronger overall.

We trust the enclosed results are satisfactory. Should you have any questions, please do

not hesitate to contact this office.

Yours very truly,TROW CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD.

W.G.WGH:gmv21b Encl.

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Trow

iliiillliilllilllliiii:

BLACK GRANITE 269.3 220.4 340.2 270.6 213.0 103.4*

(*liairliue fracture noted)

Average UCS - 236.2 MPa

11.613.812.6

Average 12.7 MPa

RED GRANITE 124.8 121.6 117.8 170.4 134.4

Average UCS ^ 134.0 MPa

9.0 9.5 9.3

Average 9.3 MPa

The minimum ASTM UCS for granite is 131.0 MPa. There is no specified minimum modulus of rupture for granite.

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APPENDIX B

Khouri Granite - Elizabeth Street, Sudbury

Trow Engineering - 1074 Webbwood Drive, Sudbury

Deak Resources Ltd., - Virginiatown

Tundra Stone Ltd. - Kirkland Lake (saw samples)

Ontario Quarries Ltd., - F. Villano - Londsdale Avenue, Sudbury

Mineral Development Branch - Daniel le Spechrnan

Resident Geologists Office - Sudbury

Marble Trend Ltd. - Toronto

Ciot Ltd. Granite 4 Marble - Toronto

Positano Granite - Elmvale, Ontario

J. Brady - 1227 Holland Rd., Sudbury - has test samples available

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John Brady1227 Holland Road ^KBswooisNOHFw/ii^iNw—— — — — ™" gooSudbury, Ontario P3A

September 15, 1994 S6P 2 t

INCENTIVES OFFICE

Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Mineral Development Section 933 Ramsey Lake Road, 5th Floor Sudbury, Ontario P3E 685

Attention: Mr. Ed Solonyka Supervisor

Dear Mr. Solonyka:

RA: MOHFC File Mo. 7114

Thank you for your letter of August 5, 1994 requesting clarification of my report and expenses.

The grey or "Impala" granite was not evaluated for three reasons:

1) I was negotiating an option agreement with a third party (Gibson Granite of Val D'Or, P. Q.) to evaluate the Impala deposit; that is to remove and test blocks, separately from my NOHFC program. Although this arrangement never materialized it unduly delayed that portion of the NOHFC project.

2) The grey or Impala granite is the least accessible of the three deposits. The delay (from l above) beyond the "dry" seasons would have necessitated steep cost overruns due to swamp crossings to access the main portion of the deposit.

3) "Poor market conditions" do not refer to themarketing of the individual stone per se. It does refer to the malaise in the stone industry at the height of the global recession. Preliminary marketing of small samples of pink, black and Impala indicated that the pink and black stood the best chance of becoming viable. In other words if the pink or black wasn't viable, it was unlikely that the Impala would create sufficient market interest. These factors coupled with l and 2 above could n- t justify the additional expenses at that time.

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With regard to the ASTM testing, the additional tests have been completed and are enclosed.

The budget description of 38,000.00 for ASTM testing should have included cutting and polishing (32,033.00) and costs for marketing. I spent approximately 32,100.00 on marketing but did not include these costs in the project. It should be noted that marketing efforts did not stop at the project final submission but ara currently continuing with sample tiles being provided by Khouri and Brady from the left over material. Additional sample tiles have been provided to Italian Marble Co.-Toronto, Manitou Stone-Sudbury and HGH Granite Co.-Hamilton (Re-Appendix B of report).

While 8 whole blocks were extracted some of these were damaged in extraction or were contaminated by surface weathering or impurities. Five of these blocks remain at the site. Two *blocks of pink and l block of black granite were transported to Khouri Granite in Sudbury. (* 10 ton) Parts of these blocks were then cut and polished for sample tiles and for engineering tests (see ASTM report). Fifty to sixty percent of the raw material was determined to be unsuitable for either ASTM tests or as samples due to previously unidentified defects, mainly small fractures created in quarrying.

Finished tile samples were distributed as previously described above and as per appendix B of the report. In addition J. Brady and Khouri Granite have tile samples available for marketing . Khouri Granite also has any remaining "raw" material for future marketing endeavors as required. In fact over the past few months Khouri has cut and polished additional samples (12" x 12" x l" and 12" x 24" x l") (estimated cost *900.00) for marketing l display purposes.

l trust this information will clarify the points raised in your review. Should you have any further questions please advise.

J. Brady

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Trow Sudbury Branch

Trow Consulting Engineers Ltd. 1074 Webbwood Drive Sudbury, Ontario P3C 387 Telephone: (705) 674-9681 Facsimile: (705) 674-8271

September l, 1994S00575R

Mr. John Brady 1227 Holland Road Sudbury, Ontario P3A 3R1

ATTENTION: Mr. John Bradv

Dear Sirs:

BUILDING STONE TESTS GRANITE SAMPLES SUDBURY, ONTARIO

Further to your request, we conducted additional tests on two specimens retained at our laboratory. Tests include the determination of the bulk specific gravity and absorption on a black and pink granite respectively.

The results are as follows:

RESULTS

Absorption by weight Ve:

Absorption by Volume:

Bulk Specific Gravity:

Pink Black

Pink Black

Pink Black

G.217% 0.0438 7*

0.595 * 0.13896

2.74% S.14%

Both stones exhibited acceptable values with respect to ASTM standards. There are no accepted ASTM limits for abrasion resistance on granite, and as such we did not attempt this test. Both samples would, however, likely pass marble abrasion resistance standards.

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We trust the above information is satisfactory and should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office.

Your truly,

TROW CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD.

W.G. Hunt, P.Eng.

WGH:jt60

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Township, Meridian, Baseline

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shoreline

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unsurveyed

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double rack

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Wooded area

DISPOSITION OF CROWN LANDSPatent

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Licence of Occupation

Order-in-Council

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Sec. 36/80

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unsurveyed

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unsurveyed

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Control point (horizontal)

Flooded land. . . ...

Mine head frame

Pipeline (above ground)

Railway, single track.... . .double track abandoned.

Road, highway, county, township access ..... trail, bush . ....

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DATEOFfSSUr-

MAY 2 8 1998PROVINCIAL RECOm;.*W

OFFICE-SUDBURY

ANNULMENTOF THIS TOWNSHIP INTO LOTS AND CONCESSIONS WAS

PARTIALLY ANNULLED ON JANUARY 2, I964

A.P. I2S7S EXPIRY MAY IT. l*94

A.P.12*78 EXPIRY MAY 17, OI4

DISPOSITION OF CROWN LANDSPatent

Surface A Mining Rights Surface Rights Only . . Mining Rights Only . . . . .

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Surface Rights Only . . . Mining Rights Only . . . .

Licence of Occupation

Order-in-Council. . . . . . .

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