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| Record Name(s) | McWhirter Lake Graphite - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-20 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-23 |
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Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Carlow
Latitude: 45° 12' 59.34" Longitude: -77° 41' 32.26"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 288607.002 Northing: 5010526.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04NE
Point Location Description: Pit marked ' Gr ' just west of McWhirter Lake and east of York River.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The pit was sunk in a hill that is reached by a logging road along the northwest shore of McWhirter Lake. This road extends northeast to a road in Con 9. Alternatively, an old trail runs from the end of the road between con 6 and 7 to the south end of McWhirter Lake.
Property staked in 1909 and restaked in 1942 but pit probably not excavated until 1950s. Pit is said to be 12 x 15 x 6 ft deep; on the W side, near the top on the hill just W of McWhirter Lake.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 2 | Gneissic | Host |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - Graphite occurs in fine flakes up to 1/8 inch in diameter and in fine seams, lenses, and patches within amphibolite. Some samples from the west dump contain considerable fine graphite, but material exposed in the pit is of poor quality and grade.
| Rank | Characteristic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disseminated |
Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Graphite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR020 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC033 Scale: Date: 1992
Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area
Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1998
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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