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Record: MDI31C11SW00064

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Woods Calcite - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-26
Date Last Modified 2022-May-18
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Elzevir

Latitude: 44° 32' 52.81"    Longitude: -77° 19' 15.94"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 315628.752   Northing: 4935361.927    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C11SW

Point Location Description: Quarry marking 0.5 km E of Actinolite.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Exploration History

Circa1965 : Walter Woods held a property which appears to have been optioned by Vermont Marble, drilled and possibly stripped. The marble was tested and found to be high in calcite - 96.08 %. The best hole was core # 58. There seems to be an old pit/quarry on the property.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - High calcite marble with amphibolitic interbeds.




Mineral Record Details

References

File - Resident Geologist file 1965

Publication Number: Date: 2000

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Location: Tweed RGP


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