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Record: MDI31C10NE00082

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Fermoy Road Cut - 1968
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1994-May-16
Date Last Modified 2022-May-05
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite, Mineral Specimen

Secondary Commodities: Sulphur/Pyrite



Location

Township or Area: Bedford

Latitude: 44° 38' 20.54"    Longitude: -76° 33' 2.01"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 377027.23   Northing: 4944022.94    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NE

Point Location Description: Point 2.5 Km W of Fermoy.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: From the Westport Road at mile 10.4 in a roadcut.



Exploration History

Note: Mineral Collecting Site.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 1180-1165 Ma    Geochron. Age Ref.: P3442



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Graphitic 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
2PyriteEconomicOre
3SerpentineEconomicOre
4TitaniteEconomicOre
5PyrrhotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

Site Visit Information

Date: Jun 15, 2006

Geologist: D Laidlaw

Notes: June 15, 2006: Visit to occurrence. GPS'd location, observed titanite and graphite in the marble.



References

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 Page: 17  Date: 1968

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

Publication Number: GSC Paper 73-22 Page: 109  Date: 1974

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St-Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 32

Publication Number: GSC MR 32 Page: 15  Date: 1983

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119737


Map - Precambrian Geology, Tichborne Area

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

Author: Easton R.M.

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:


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