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Record: MDI31C10NW00063

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Swamp Creek - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-11
Date Last Modified 2023-Mar-01
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Kennebec

Latitude: 44° 40' 46.86"    Longitude: -76° 55' 21.06"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 347634   Northing: 4949166    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NW

Point Location Description: Gf symbol 4.25 km south of Arden

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Quartz-Plagioclase-Hornblende Host
Pegmatite 2 Granitic Adjacent
Marble 3 Calcitic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Oct 21, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite was observed in an isolated outcrop of amphibole rich gneiss within the Abbots Hill intrusion.




Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Sheared

References

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

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Map - Geological series, geology of the Long Lake area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2246 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1979

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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

Publication Number: R216 Date: 1982

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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