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Record: MDI31F03NE00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Wolfe Rapids - 1977, Vos Sample M3 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Jun-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)



Location

Township or Area: Matawatchan

Latitude: 45° 10' 27.03"    Longitude: -77° 4' 41.16"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 336710.997   Northing: 5004400.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F03NE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol M3, Centennial Lake shore, 4.1 km NE of Matawatchan.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Coarse-Grained Is
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The sample site was described as a band of white, medium to coarse crystalline marble with a width of 20 feet in granite gneiss.




Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by M. Vos in 1987 returned 30.2% CaO with a brightness of 93.9.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial

References

MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Mono - Preliminary survey, marble of the Grenville geological province, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5229 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines


Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Precambrian Geology, Denbigh Area

Publication Number: P3437 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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