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Record: MDI31C09SW00077

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Benson Lake - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-21
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Hematite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: South Crosby

Latitude: 44° 34' 36.21"    Longitude: -76° 20' 37.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 393305.981   Northing: 4936809.994    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C09SW

Point Location Description: Point 2 km WSW of Chaffey's Locks.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 28.14 % Fe in a sample of red hematite with considerable disseminated calcite ( 1866 ).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10HematiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Chemical contributions to the geology of Canada, from the laboratory of the Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 2 pt. T

Publication Number: GSC AR 2 Page: 20T  Date: 1887

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296718


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