Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Blueberry Creek - 1848 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1990-Nov-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones)
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
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Sharbot Lake
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Labradorite | Economic | Ore |
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).
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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