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Record: MDI31C16NW00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Blueberry Creek - 1848
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-14
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Drummond

Latitude: 44° 54' 35.86"    Longitude: -76° 16' 15.19"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 399678   Northing: 4973734    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NW

Point Location Description: in the town of Perth on the nowrthwest side

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Sharbot Lake

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 15, 2015 (A Wilson) - The mineral is lavender-blue, cleavable feldspar with grey opalescence. Labradorite first reported in 1847-8 as occurring in ' large beds ', and then described from a boulder (1863,1955).



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of progress for the year 1847-48

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1847-8 Page: 137-138  Date: 1849

Author: Logan, W E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/225923


Publication - Geology of Canada - Rreport of progress from its commencement to 1863; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1863

Publication Number: Rep Prog 1863 Page: 478  Date: 1863

Author: Logan, W E; Murray, A; Hunt, T S; Billings, E

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/123563


Publication - Chemical Analyses of Canadian Rocks, Minerals, and Ores; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115

Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 382-383  Date: 1955

Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631


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