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Record: MDI31F04SW00110

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Birds Creek Diopside - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-01
Date Last Modified 2022-Jul-06
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Herschel

Latitude: 45° 7' 11.5"    Longitude: -77° 53' 56.32"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 271993.309   Northing: 5000354.516    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: General, Point just east of McFall Lake

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: North on Hwy 62 from four corners in Bancroft for 9.6 km to Bird's Creek. Turn left and drive 400m then turn right. Following road for 1.9 km to McFall Lake. A path along E side of lake leads N 200m to main pit.





Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10DiopsideEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 14, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - A.P. Sabina described the diopside as being green, doubly-terminated, stubby crystals, associated with pink calcite in crystalline limestone (MP 8, p81).



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Mem 74 Page: 86  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


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

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 78, 130  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Book - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area

Publication Number: GB03 Page: 65-66  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 133  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Notes on Canadian Gems and Ornamental Stones; In: Contributions to Canadian Mineralogy, 1944; University of Toronto Studies, Geological Series vol. 49

Publication Number: ContCanMin 49 Page: 76  Date: 1945

Author: Waite, G.G.

Publisher Name: University of Toronto

Location: https://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1944-vol-49.pdf


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