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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31C16SE00081

Record: MDI31C16SE00081

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Northern Graphite Property - 1893, Elmgrove - 1994
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-May-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Burgess

Latitude: 44° 49' 51.2"    Longitude: -76° 12' 36.9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 404333.62   Northing: 4964876.83    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SE

Point Location Description: Point just W of Elmgrove.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The site is adjacent to the junction of Rideau Lake Road and Elm Grove Road.



Exploration History

1893: Northern Graphite Company - prospecting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Siliceous Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Adjacent

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 10, 2013 (A Wilson) - The occurrence reportedly has “good surface showings of graphite”.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Report of the Inspector of Mines

Publication Number: ARV03.014 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Slaght A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines

Location:


Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000    Date: 1985

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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