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Record: MDI31C15NE00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) South Elphin - 1980
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: North Sherbrooke

Latitude: 44° 51' 57.22"    Longitude: -76° 35' 54.42"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 373724   Northing: 4969296    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C15NE

Point Location Description: phlogopite occurrence north of Bolton Creek

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 6.3 km south of Elphin.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Granoblastic Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent
Gabbro 3 Gabbro Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 01, 2013 (A Wilson) - Small scattered phlogopite flakes in the carbonate metasediments are common.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Map - Sharbot Lake, southern Ontario

Publication Number: M2471 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1985

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000    Date: 1985

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Map - Geological series, Sharbot Lake area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2373 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1980

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


MonoMap - Geology of the Sharbot Lake area, Frontenac and Lanark counties, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: R228 Scale:     Date: 1985

Author: Wolff J.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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