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Record: MDI31C09NE00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Highway 15 Road Cut - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite, Mineral Specimen, Tourmaline

Secondary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 43' 12.98"    Longitude: -76° 10' .84"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407584   Northing: 4952539    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Mineral Collecting Site.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Impure Calcitic Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - The mineralization is hosted within crystalline limestone and dolomite, siliceous limestone and skarn. Fragments of pegmatite, rusty gneiss and diorite are common.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2FeldsparEconomicOre
3ApatiteEconomicOre
4PyroxeneEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre
6TitaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 28, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite is common as small masses and flakes within crystalline limestone. Dark green pyroxene forms large blotches about 1 ft across within the limestone. Titanite occurs as transparent brown crystals averaging 1/8 inches long.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St. Jean, Quebec;; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51

Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Scale:     Date: 1968

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977


Map - Geology, Westport, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1182A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1967

Author: Wynne-Edwards, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108032


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