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Record: MDI31D09NW00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Mississagua - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-30
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Cavendish, Cavendish

Latitude: 44° 43' 29.17"    Longitude: -78° 21' 50.23"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 708754   Northing: 4955757    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D09NW

Point Location Description: 5 km northwest of Mississauga Landing.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1954 : C. Ackerman sampled and trenched - 30-40% dark red garnet ( 26.95 % Fe, 36.5 % silica).


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Leucogranite Host
Granite 2 Granite Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - A 0.9 kg sample submitted by C. Ackerman in 1954 assayed 26.9% Fe and 36.5 silica.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 16, 2017 (A Wilson) - Dark red to brown garnets in masses occur in leucogranite and granite pegmatite. The garnet mass runs about 30-40% of the whole area.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #070533, 31D/16

Publication Number: Scale:     Date: 1996

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - An inventory of the mineral resources in Peterborough County

Publication Number: OFR5635 Scale:     Date: 1987

Author: Menard A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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