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| Record Name(s) | Galetta Celestite - 1921 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Strontium
Township or Area: Fitzroy
Latitude: 45° 25' 46.78" Longitude: -76° 14' 57.84"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 402267.109 Northing: 5031441.123 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F08NE
Point Location Description: Star symbol ' BC 3 ' just NE of Galetta and closest to Hwy 22.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: On the SW side of the road between cons 6 and 7, about 500 yds S of the bridge over the S branch of the Ottawa River.
1910 : prospecting for galena - a shaft sunk 45 ft with a crosscut from the bottom for 15 ft NE. 1921 : celestite identified.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A calcite-celestite vein in marble with an average thickness of 2 ft. It is very vuggy (and leached) with minor sp and cp. Celestite occurs mostly as dense, white-clear crystals in loose aggregates and is very pure (93 00 % SrO4, 1.30 % CaCO3). 100 lbs was collected from the dump in 1921 and one specimen weighed 50 lbs. The deposit is adjacent to, and on a continuation of the vein and fracture system of, the Kingdon Mine property.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chalcopyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Celestite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Barium and strontium in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 570
Publication Number: CMB Pub 570 Page: 77-78 Date: 1922
Author: Spence, H S
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307770
Publication - Arnprior-Quyon and Maniwaki areas, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 136
Publication Number: GSC Mem 136 Page: 115-6 Date: 1924
Author: Wilson, M E
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100837
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 21 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 171, 176 Date: 1991
Author: Williams D.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Celestite; Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Summary Report no. 2
Publication Number: Sum Rept 2 Page: 7 Date: 1988
Author: Collings, R K; Andrews, P R A
Publisher Name: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology,
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307285
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: OFR5296 Page: 21 Date: 1980
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 128 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Mono - Barite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR010 Page: 36 Date: 1997
Author: Guillet G.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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