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Record: MDI31C09NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) J. Bulger Property - 1929, Freeland Fluorite - 1929
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-May-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Fluorite



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 41' 16.32"    Longitude: -76° 14' 29.49"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 401619   Northing: 4949027    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: approximate location

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The site is located near the hamlet of Freeland.



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Conglomerate 1 Host
Vein 2 Contains
Sandstone 3 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - Veins of fluorite are found within sandstone and conglomerate of the Nepean Formation.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FluoriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - Fluorite veinlets up to 1.5 inches in width and a few feet long occur in monzonite..



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Publication - Fluorspar deposits of Canada; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 6

Publication Number: GSC EGR 6 Page: 78  Date: 1929

Author: Wilson, M.E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102441


MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Page: 25  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR012 Page: 54  Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Paleozoic geology of the Ottawa-St. Lawrence Lowland, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5770 Page: 171-172  Date: 1991

Author: Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Geology, Westport, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1182A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1967

Author: Wynne-Edwards, H R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108032


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