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Record: MDI31C10NE00027

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Butterill Property - 1947, Concession 8, Lot 18 - 1947, Burridge Marble Belt - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Jan-15
Date Last Modified 2023-Jul-14
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite, Lead

Secondary Commodities: Barite



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 38' 31.15"    Longitude: -76° 31' 46.95"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 378687   Northing: 4944319    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: prospect pit

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: About 14 chains west of the Fermoy - Burridge road.



Exploration History

circa 1900: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  

Metamorphism Grade: Granulite



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Graphitic, Calcitic Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Graphitic Adjacent

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2BariteEconomicOre
3GalenaEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Oct 29, 2013 (A Wilson) - Vein minerals include barite, calcite and a few small crystals of galena. The limestones in the pit contain abundant disseminated flakes of graphite.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Geology of the Olden-Bedford area

Publication Number: ARV56-06 Page: 62, 71  Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Report of the Section of Chemistry and Mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899) pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 12-R Page: 20-21R  Date: 1902

Author: Hoffman, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/294892


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Page: 15  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Major graphite occurrences within the Frontenac Axis, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5729 Page: 32, 42-46  Date: 1990

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 153  Date: 1983

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 223  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


Part - Lead and zinc deposits in Ontario and in eastern Canada

Publication Number: ARV25-02 Page: 25  Date: 1998

Author: Uglow W.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC033 Page: 19-20  Date: 1992

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Olden-Bedford area, County of Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: M1947-05 Date: 1997

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Tichborne Area

Publication Number: P3442 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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