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Record: MDI000000001706

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Eastview Carbonatite - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 2014-Jun-02
Date Last Modified 2023-May-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Lanthanum, Cerium

Secondary Commodities: Niobium, Molybdenum, Strontium



Location

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.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Mesozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Carbonatite-Unsubdivided 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Jun 27, 2014 (P Sangster) - Carbonatite dikes in limestone have high concentrations of La, Ce, Nb, Mo and Sr.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2MolybdeniteEconomicOre
3PhlogopiteEconomicOre
4DolomiteEconomicOre
5StrontianiteEconomicOre
6ColumbiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Carbonatite

References

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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