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Record: MDI31C16SW00114

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Road Cut - 1970
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: South Sherbrooke

Latitude: 44° 50' 49.33"    Longitude: -76° 28' 46.46"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 383077.2   Northing: 4967022.92    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C16SW

Point Location Description: apatite in limestone on both sides of the highway

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 4.0 km west of Brooke.



Exploration History

Note: Mineral Collecting Site.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Frontenac

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario;Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Scale:     Date: 1970

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


Map - Geology Perth, Lanark and Leeds Counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 1089A Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1961

Author: Wilson, M E; Dugas, J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/107951


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