Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Birds Creek Diopside - 1991 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Feb-01 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Jul-06 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Building Stone)
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.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Diopside | Economic | Ore |
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).
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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