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Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C09NE00049
Record Name(s) | Highway15 Roadcut - 1973 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1993-Feb-25 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Tourmaline, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Bastard
Latitude: 44° 43' 2.01" Longitude: -76° 10' 17.57"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 407211 Northing: 4952206 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C09NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The road cuts are on both sides of the highway just north of the junction of the Burgess Road.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Crystalline | Host |
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Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Aug 04, 2016 (A Wilson) - Tourmaline occurs as orange to brown transparent striated crystals (up to 1.5 inches in length and and 1/2 inch across) and crystalline aggregates. It fluoresces deep yellow under short ultraviolet rays.
Publication - A catalogue of Canadian minerals - supplement 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-22
Publication Number: GSC Paper 73-22 Page: 236 Date: 1974
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102532
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
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 Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
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