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Record: MDI31C14SW00008

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Partridge Creek - 1991, Weslemkoon Granite - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By C Papertzian

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Granite



Location

Township or Area: Grimsthorpe

Latitude: 44° 50' 57.21"    Longitude: -77° 23' 11.46"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 311412.857   Northing: 4968972.208    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C14SW

Point Location Description: Point 2.3 km S of Grimsthorpe Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Skootamatta Lake area.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 86-GRI-006 : massive, medium-grained, pink-grey to black granite (Weslemkoon Granite) with a 'salt and pepper' appearance. Jointing is moderate-intense in regular sets. There are quartz veins, sulphides and deep weathering. Exposure is very good. Potential for building stone is low.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone potential in eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5706 Scale:     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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