Ontario Mineral Inventory

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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C09NE00026

Record: MDI31C09NE00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	Big Rideau - 1915
Related Record Type	Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	1993-Mar-02
Date Last Modified	2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen

Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 44' 17.2" Longitude: -76° 10' 49.89"

UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 406533.7 Northing: 4954536.44 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: Point 4.5 km north of Portland.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Limestone	1			Is

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 10, 2015 (A Wilson) - Black spinel crystals are found in crystalline limestone in Lanark County. The spinel ranges up to 2 inches in diameter and are found in flesh-red limestone in Burgess Township.

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank	Characteristic
1	Disseminated

References

Book - Geology and Minerals of Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 415 Date: 1929

Author: W.L. Goodwin

Publisher Name: Garden City Press

Location:

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 212 Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571

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