Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Potspoon Area - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-May-28 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-11 |
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Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)
Township or Area: Bedford
Latitude: 44° 36' 17.12" Longitude: -76° 35' 19.36"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 373927.218 Northing: 4940272.898 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C10SE
Point Location Description: Point just W of Potspoon Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Hwy 38 drive E on the Westport road for 7.0 ml to roadcut on left. Similar rocks are exposed at intervals for about 1/4 ml N and S of the cut.
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Diopside | Economic | Gangue |
Date: Jun 15, 2006
Geologist: D Laidlaw
Notes: Visited outcrop along Westport road. GPS'd location and photographed. Large green diopsides observed in outcrop.
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac St Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-51
Publication Number: Paper 67-51 Page: 16 Date: 1968
Author: Sabina, A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107977
Publication - A catalogue of Canadian minerals - supplement 1; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 73-22
Publication Number: Paper 73-22 Page: 18 Date: 1941
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102532
Book - 200 Mineral Locations in Southern Ontario
Publication Number: Page: 49 Date: 1972
Author: Leach, H.
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Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Kingston, Ontario to Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 32
Publication Number: GSC MR 32 Page: 14 Date: 1983
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119737
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