Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31C16NW00056
Record Name(s) | Graphic Granite - 1987 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1994-Mar-24 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-29 |
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Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone
Township or Area: Bathurst
Latitude: 44° 55' 28.01" Longitude: -76° 23' 12.4"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 390557 Northing: 4975493 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31C16NW
Point Location Description: Point 1.5 km west of Harper.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Note: Mineral Collecting Site.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granite | 1 | Granite | Graphic | Host |
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Sep 13, 2016 (A Wilson) - A small roadside pit exposes graphic granite associated with pink feldspar. The granite is pink and it’s quartz feldspar intergrowths are very fine.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore |
Sep 13, 2016 (A Wilson) - In places feldspar and quartz occur intimately intergrown, with small blebs and blades of from glassy white to colourless quartz distributed in a fairly regular manner through the crystals of feldspar. This intergrowth is known as "graphic granite" or "corduroy spar."
Rank | Classification |
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1 | Unknown |
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Discordant |
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41
Publication Number: MR41 Scale: Date: 2004
Author: Sabina, A. P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460
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