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Record: MDI31D15SE00109

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Trounce - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Magnetite



Location

Township or Area: Galway

Latitude: 44° 47' 22.89"    Longitude: -78° 35' 51.19"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 690041.49   Northing: 4962396.151    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: Point 2 km W of Birchbark Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Magnetite, up to 15 %, is found throughout a small leucodiorite pluton that intrudes marble. This is one of a series of syenitic plutons along the SE margin of the Glamorgan Gneiss Complex. They represent the extension of the Gooderham Syenite Belt into the Howland area. This pluton may also be nepheline-bearing.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties

Publication Number: OFR5639 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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