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Record: MDI31E05NW00026

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Seguin Falls - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Christie

Latitude: 45° 24' 37.81"    Longitude: -79° 45' 37.82"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 596991.003   Northing: 5029300.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E05NW

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is located in the gorge of the Sequin River, immediately nroth of highway 518, 4 km east of Orrville.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Mar 04, 2011 (A Wilson) - The marble is highly tectonized and contains inclusions of garnet pyroxenite and pegmatite and a variety of disseminated silicate minerals. The section contains bands of dolomite and magnesian calcite as well as pure calcitic marble.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Marmont C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Mineral deposits studies in the Huntsville-Parry Sound-Powassan area, a progress report

Publication Number: OFR5647 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Orrville Area

Publication Number: P3414 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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