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| 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 |
Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)
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
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcitic | Coarse-Grained | Is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
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.
May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by M. Vos in 1987 returned 30.2% CaO with a brightness of 93.9.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial |
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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