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Record: MDI30M13NW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Caledon Prospect - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone



Location

Township or Area: Caledon, Mono

Latitude: 43° 50' 26.25"    Longitude: -79° 59' 2.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 581669.45   Northing: 4854673.05    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 30M13NW, 40P16SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

TOWNSHIP: NOW PART OF THE TOWN OF CALEDON, TOWNSHIP EXTENSION: PROSPECT EXTENDS 22KM ALONG STRIKE OF WHIRLPOOL FORMATION.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Is

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10FeldsparEconomicOre
15QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report on the building and ornamental stones of Canada, vol. I; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 100

Publication Number: CMB Pub 100 Page: 156-159  Date: 1912

Author: Parks, W.A.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/19686


Map - Paleozoic geology, Bolton, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2338 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Bond I.J., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Paleozoic geology, Orangeville, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2339 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1976

Author: Liberty B.A., Bond I.J., Telford P.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Mono - Mineral resources of south-central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5431 Page: 26  Date: 1983

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Depositional characteristics and resources potential of the Whirlpool sandstone, Lower Silurian, Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5549 Page: 2,3,41-59  Date: 1985

Author: Martini I.P., Kwong J.K.P.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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