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Record: MDI31D16NW00080

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hwy 503-1 - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 56' 5.97"    Longitude: -78° 18' 42.12"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 712119   Northing: 4979245    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On Hwy 503-1, 3.5 km southwest of Hotspur.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Monzonite 1 Monzonite Quartz Is

Lithology Comments

Jan 28, 2017 (A Wilson) - Medium sized, anhedral grains, granular textured - unaltered, except for a trace amount of replacement of feldspar by carbonate/ and a minor amount of chloritic alteration of biotite. - micro-antiperthitic texture is evident on some grains. Minor quartz veins and iron staining. Although outcrop exposure is limited this area shows, good potential for building stone.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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