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MDI000000001706
| Record Name(s) | Eastview Carbonatite - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2014-Jun-02 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-May-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Lanthanum, Cerium
Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Molybdenum, Strontium
Township or Area: Gloucester, Gloucester, Gloucester
Latitude: 45° 26' 42.12" Longitude: -75° 33' 52.17"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 455855.19 Northing: 5032544.85 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31G05NE
Point Location Description: Quarry symbol just NE of Blackburn hamlet.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: From the Queensway (Hwy 17) at the junction with Montreal Road, turn E onto Montreal Road. At 0.55 km, the junction with Ottawa Valley Road, turn right. The quarry is at 0.8 km.
Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins
Geological Age: Mesozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Carbonatite-Unsubdivided | 1 | Is |
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Jun 27, 2014 (P Sangster) - Carbonatite dikes in limestone have high concentrations of La, Ce, Nb, Mo and Sr.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Strontianite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Columbite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Carbonatite |
Book - Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World: Part 1, North and South America
Publication Number: Date: 1987
Author: Woolley, A.R.
Publisher Name: British Museum of Natural History, 216 p.
Location: MNDM library
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