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Record: MDI31C07NW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Varty Lake - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-19
Date Last Modified 2023-Sep-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Kimberlite



Location

Township or Area: Camden East

Latitude: 44° 24' 20.21"    Longitude: -76° 49' 28.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 354705.025   Northing: 4918544.316    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C07NW

Point Location Description: Point 1.75 Km ENE of Desmond.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Ultramafic dyke - with kimberlitic and lamprophyric affinities - similar to the Picton ultramafic dyke.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Kimberlite-Unsubdivided 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5MicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Resident Geologist 1985, Sample 69-193 report

Publication Number: Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Tweed RGP


Journal - Jurassic kimberlites from Picton and Varty Lake, Ontario: Geochemical and stable isotopic characteristics; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology volume 99, no. 3

Publication Number: Cont MinPet V99 Date: 1988

Author: Arima, M., Kerrien, R.

Publisher Name: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Location:


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