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Record: MDI31C09NE00049

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Highway15 Roadcut - 1973
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tourmaline, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Bastard

Latitude: 44° 43' 2.01"    Longitude: -76° 10' 17.57"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 407211   Northing: 4952206    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The road cuts are on both sides of the highway just north of the junction of the Burgess Road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 04, 2016 (A Wilson) - Tourmaline occurs as orange to brown transparent striated crystals (up to 1.5 inches in length and and 1/2 inch across) and crystalline aggregates. It fluoresces deep yellow under short ultraviolet rays.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A catalogue of Canadian minerals - supplement 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-22

Publication Number: GSC Paper 73-22 Page: 236  Date: 1974

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102532


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 - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St. Jean, Quebec;; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51

Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Date: 1968

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977


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