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Record: MDI31C14NE00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Sand Lake - 1990, Plevna Lake - 2000, Cla-01a - 1990
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-28
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Dolomite (Building Stone)



Location

Township or Area: Clarendon

Latitude: 44° 56' 24.22"    Longitude: -77° 1' 24.97"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 340342.85   Northing: 4978283.82    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C14NE

Point Location Description: Point on NE shore of Sand Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Site ' 89 CLA-01a ' is located 4 km SW of Plevna at the E end of Plevna ( Sand ) Lake.



Exploration History

OGS sample # CLA-01a - dolomite of high brightness and purity (OFR5712, pg. 61).


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomitic Rock 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Apr 15, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - Dolomite - pale blue/grey, very fine-grained, sugary-textured with minor muscovite, hematite and graphite. Very friable, weathering to a fine sand.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Apr 15, 2021 (Sheree Hinz) - The area consists of a band of relatively pure, fine grained, grey, dolomitic marble varying in width from about 50 to 200 m. Grey banding in the marbles is caused by minor amounts of very fine graphite as inclusions in the carbonate grains.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #070475

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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Mono - Precambrian dolomite resources in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5712 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: LeBaron P.S., MacKinnon A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Building stone of eastern Ontario, southern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5556 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Verschuren C.P., van Haaften S., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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