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Record: MDI31C16NW00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) North Bennett Bay - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Feb-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Bathurst

Latitude: 44° 53' 39.08"    Longitude: -76° 27' 10.5"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 385277.17   Northing: 4972222.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16NW

Point Location Description: Point 4.5 km north-northwest of Brooke.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 09, 2016 (A Wilson) - Colour deep green . Lustre vitreous. Transparent only in thin splinters. Forms present include first and second order prisms and first order pyramids . Clayey material and a little hematite are present as impurities . Chemical analysis: CaO 55.38%, MnO 0.04%, Fe2O3 0 51% , Al203, 0.23% , Na2O 0.16%, K2O ,0.12%, P205 41.05% , F 2.35% , Cl 0.48% , CO2 0.22 , H2O 0.13 , insol. 0.35 , total (10 1. 02) less 0 for F (1 . 09) 99 . 93



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 26  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41

Publication Number: MR 41 Date: 2003

Author: Sabina, A. P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460


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