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Record: MDI31C13NE00070

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Garnet Cut - 1955
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Dungannon, Dungannon, Dungannon

Latitude: 44° 59' 44.38"    Longitude: -77° 38' 43.88"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 291476.65   Northing: 4985873.4    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C13NE

Point Location Description: Point 0.8 km northeast of Jimmie Lake, lot 3, con 1.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

Mineral location - garnet. No precise location.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Paragneiss 1 Biotite-Quartz-Plagioclase Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Dec 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - Garnet is found in quartzo-feldspathic feather amphibolite and sillimanite (garnet) paragneiss and schist. The garnets reach 3/4 inch in size and can be broken from the rock.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Dungannon and Mayo townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-08 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines


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