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Record: MDI31F11SE00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Berger Farm - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jul-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Wilberforce

Latitude: 45° 35' 35.85"    Longitude: -77° 8' 55.93"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 332394   Northing: 5051107    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F11SE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 7.5 km ENE of Golden Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ActinoliteEconomicOre
2ChloriteEconomicOre
3FeldsparEconomicOre
4GoethiteEconomicOre
5JarositeEconomicOre
7PyriteEconomicOre
6MicaEconomicGangue
8QuartzEconomicGangue
9TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Apple-green amazonite, white plagioclase, pink microcline and colourless to smoky quartz are the principal constituents of the pegmatite. Also white peristerite, pink perthite and pink and light green graphic granite. Minor minerals are biotite, black tourmaline, actinolite, dark green massive chlorite, pyrite (coated with jarosite) and goethite (GSC Paper 70-50, p47).



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Intrusive

References

Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8

Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 93  Date: 1964

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119882


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario;Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 47-48  Date: 1970

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 239  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 47-48  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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