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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C10SE00037

Record: MDI31C10SE00037

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Frank Grainger - 1982, W. Morden - 1907
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1982-Mar-03
Date Last Modified 2022-May-25
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Strontium



Location

Township or Area: Loughborough

Latitude: 44° 30' 3.09"    Longitude: -76° 35' 30.2"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 373463.278   Northing: 4928736.748    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C10SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Just east of Holleford Lake.



Exploration History

1907: W. Morden extracted a few tons of celestite ore.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1BariteEconomicOre
2CelestiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Loosely intergrown crystals of barytocelestite in brecciated limestone. Sample analyzed 76% SrSO4, 15% BaSO4 and 7% CaCO3. (CANMET Report 88-3e, p7).



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1914; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 384

Publication Number: CMB Pub 384 Page: 195  Date: 1915

Author: McLeish, J

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307646


Publication - Barium and strontium in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 570

Publication Number: CMB Pub 570 Page: 78-79  Date: 1922

Author: Spence, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307770


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

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 127  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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

Publication Number: S012 Page: 15  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Celestite; Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Canmet Report 88-3E

Publication Number: Rep 88-3E Page: Date: 1988

Author: Collings, R K; Andrews, P R A

Publisher Name: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307285


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