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Record: MDI31C10NE00025

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Myron Young Property - 1947, Concession I, Lot 3 East Half - 1947
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jan-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Oso

Latitude: 44° 43' 17.35"    Longitude: -76° 39' 40.32"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 368439   Northing: 4953354    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: graphite symbol south of Sharbot Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: SE of St George Lake and NE of Oconto village.



Exploration History

Circa 1930: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Gneissic Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Quartzo Feldspathic Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 31, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite was observed in varying amounts in marble, pegmatites and gneiss. No graphite of commercial value was observed.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Major graphite occurrences within the Frontenac Axis, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5729 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - NMI #071902

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location:


Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-05 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Tichborne Area

Publication Number: P3442 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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