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Record: MDI31C16NW00056

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Graphic Granite - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Mar-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone



Location

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



Exploration History

Note: Mineral Collecting Site.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Granite Graphic Host

Lithology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FeldsparEconomicOre
2QuartzEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

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."



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unknown
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Discordant

References

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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