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Record: MDI31C10NW00106

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) West Long Lake - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite

Secondary Commodities: Zinc



Location

Township or Area: Olden

Latitude: 44° 40' 44.96"    Longitude: -76° 48' 15.29"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 357006   Northing: 4948893    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10NW

Point Location Description: gf and sp symbols 3.5 km WSW of Long Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host
Gabbro 2 Gabbro Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Sep 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite is found in an outcrop of fine to medium grained laminated calcitic marble. The layers range in width from 0.5 to 2 cm, although there are also some bands of coarse-grained calcitic marble that are > 2 cm in width.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

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 Scale:     Date: 1982

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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