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Record: MDI31C09NE00043

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Beverly Iron - 1852
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-22
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Iron



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 38' 20.6"    Longitude: -76° 8' 12.54"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 409840.5   Northing: 4943483.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Arkose Host
Conglomerate 2 Arkosic Host

Lithology Comments

Sep 02, 2015 (A Wilson) - A bed of bog-iron ore was noted. It had a thickness of 2 feet in one location, but the extent of the deposit was not ascertained.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 683  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


Publication - Summary report on the operations of the Geological Survey for the year 1900; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 13, (1900), pt. A

Publication Number: GSC AR 13A Page: 138  Date: 1903

Author: Dawson, G M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/295058


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


Publication - Westport map area, Ontario, with special emphasis on the Precambrian rocks; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 346

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 346 Date: 1967

Author: Wynne-Edwards, H.R.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100533


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