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MDI31C10SE00037
| Record Name(s) | Frank Grainger - 1982, W. Morden - 1907 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-03 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-25 |
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Primary Commodities: Strontium
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.
1907: W. Morden extracted a few tons of celestite ore.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Barite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Celestite | Economic | Ore |
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).
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: 7 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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