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Record: MDI31C09NW00050

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Spectacle Lake - 1986, Wolfe Lake Pluton - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: North Crosby

Latitude: 44° 41' 23.29"    Longitude: -76° 26' 16.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 386066   Northing: 4949498    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09NW

Point Location Description: Point 1.25 km southeast of Spectacle Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Foliated Host
Pegmatite 2 Foliated Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - The outcrop is a medium-grained, moderately foliated, bleached, pink monzonite. Medium grained sphene crystals comprise about 2-30% of this rock. Intense, irregular jointing limits the building stone potential for this area.




Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Dimension Stone

References

Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5706 Scale:     Date: 1989

Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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