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Record: MDI31D16NW00246

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hwy 507 Road Cut - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-10
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tourmaline, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Glamorgan

Latitude: 44° 54' 8.89"    Longitude: -78° 22' 58.69"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 706612   Northing: 4975448.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: Point on Hwy 507, 0.8 km south of Gooderham.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: This road cut is actually on the east side of Hwy 507, 0.6 km south of its junction with Hwy 503 (in Gooderham).



Exploration History

Mineral location : scapolite (mauve-greyish blue-colourless), some gem quality was formerly obtained here. Also : brown-green tourmaline, clinoamphibole, apatite, clinopyroxene, serpentine, mica, pyrite, pyrrhotite, graphite and sphalerite.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Crystalline Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ScapoliteEconomicOre
2TourmalineEconomicOre
3ApatiteEconomicOre
4ClinoamphiboleEconomicOre
5ClinopyroxeneEconomicOre
6SerpentineEconomicOre
7MicaEconomicOre
8PyriteEconomicOre
9PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
10GraphiteEconomicOre
11SphaleriteEconomicOre
12TremoliteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 22, 2017 (A Wilson) - Scapolite, tourmaline and associated minerals are found in marble. There is not too much 'purple scapolite' left now. There may be some in the woods, thrown up by blasting, The purple colour fades in sunlight. Also, check the upper faces on the left side of the cut.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: Date: 1983

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 91-92  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 19, 83, 245, 280,299  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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