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Record: MDI000000001148

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Jolliffe Beryl - 1933
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 2011-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Beryl (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Eayrs Lake Area

Latitude: 48° 59' 56.72"    Longitude: -89° 36' 51.59"

UTM Zone: 16    Easting: 308787   Northing: 5430648    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Thunder Bay South

NTS Grid: 52A13NE

Point Location Description: field visit with GPS, verified with GE

Location Method: Field Visit with GPS



Exploration History

1933: F. Jolliffe of the Geological Survey of Canada discovered the showing.




Geology Comments

Mar 23, 2011 (J Scott) - beryl crystals in albite musovite tourmaline pegmatite




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Albite Muscovite Tourmaline

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BerylEconomicOre
1AlbiteEconomicGangue
2MuscoviteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

References

Map - Atikokan-Lakehead sheet, geological compilation series, Kenora, Rainy River and Thunder Bay districts

Publication Number: M2065 Scale: 1:253,440    Date: 1997

Author: Pye E.G., Fenwick K.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Publication - Block Creek Map-Area, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; In: Summary Report 1933, Part D

Publication Number: GSC SR 1933D Date: 1934

Author: Jolliffe, F.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102009


Mono - Industrial minerals of northern Ontario-supplement 1

Publication Number: OFR5388 Page: 25  Date: 1982

Author: Vos M.A., Abolins T., Smith V.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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