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Record: MDI31C10NW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Concession VI, Lot 8 - 1943
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Kennebec

Latitude: 44° 40' 42.91"    Longitude: -76° 56' 24"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 346245.41   Northing: 4949076.9    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NW

Point Location Description: gf symbol nearest east end of Horseshoe Lake

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Graphite showing about 15 chains east of the Arden - Tamworth Road.



Exploration History

3 pits on graphitic pegmatite which cuts graphitic paragneiss.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Graphitic Host
Paragneiss 2 Graphitic Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite occurs in both the pegmatite as well as the gneiss. The graphite occurrence is found adjacent to a small area of mdeium- to coarse-grained marble.



Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Geological notes for maps nos. 2053 and 2054, Madoc-Gananoque area

Publication Number: S012 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Geology of Kaladar and Kennebec townships

Publication Number: ARV51-04.002 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of the Long Lake area, Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties

Publication Number: R216 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Long Lake, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2449 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1981

Author: Wolff J.M., Smith D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Grimsthorpe-Kennebec area, counties of Hastings, Lennox and Addington, and Frontenac, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51D Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Meen V.B., Harding W.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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