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Record Name(s) | Bailey's Lake Area Sillimanite - 1953, Concession 11 & 12, Lot 21 - 1988 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1990-Oct-26 |
Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Sillimanite
Township or Area: Carlow
Latitude: 45° 15' 22.74" Longitude: -77° 39' 37.59"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 291254 Northing: 5014868.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F05SE
Point Location Description: Point 0.5 km south-east of Bailey's Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located just southeast of the junction of the New Carlow -Cobermere road ( Hwy 517 ), and the McArthur's Mills- Boulter road. 1 km east of the junction, just east of a large gravel pit, about 2 km north of the York River. Access is by township roads leading past the township dump. The occurrence forms a prominent ridge ( 300 m x 50 m ) east of the road.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Sillimanite-Garnet-Biotite Paragneiss | Contains |
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Marble | 2 | Calcitic | Adjacent |
Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The showing is associated with the York River Shear Zone.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Sillimanite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - Sillimanite is common and some sillimanite-rich zones are up to 10 feet wide contain up to 15% sillimanite in fine needle-like aggreagates.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 70 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Book - 1988, Sillimanite Report
Publication Number: Page: 57 Date: 1988
Author:
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location: Tweed RGP
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:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Barry's Bay Area
Publication Number: P3444 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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