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Record: MDI31C11NE00040

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Beaver Creek - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-09
Date Last Modified 2023-Feb-13
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Kennebec

Latitude: 44° 43' 34.69"    Longitude: -77° 3' 5.03"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 337550.28   Northing: 4954593.984    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11NE

Point Location Description: General, point 1 km N of Bordenwood.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

1989: property evaluated for building stone potential by OGS (OFR5706)


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Proterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Quartz Monzonite 1

Lithology Comments

Feb 13, 2023 (Sheree Hinz) - This rock is a medium grained, pink, gneissic quartz monzonite. The texture is fairly uniform over the area, with only a small degree of variability. The rock contains a large number of quartz stringers, usually 1cm to 5cm in width. Much of the outcrop shows extensive exfoliation.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5706 Page: 349-50  Date: 1989

Author: LeBaron P.S., Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Chevrier R.L.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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