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Record: MDI31C12SE00227

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Edison - 1889
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Marmora

Latitude: 44° 33' 14.24"    Longitude: -77° 42' 32.91"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 284826.64   Northing: 4936972.85    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C12SE

Point Location Description: Point approximately 4.0 km south of Shanick.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host
Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - Graphite is hosted within interlayered clastic metasediments (with minor chert) and dark calcitic marble. The siliceous layers are dominant within the unit.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Operation of the Mining Act

Publication Number: ARV01.002 Page: 21  Date: 1998

Author: Blue A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Marmora Township, northern part, Hastings County

Publication Number: P2612 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1983

Author: Bartlett J.R., Moore J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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