Ontario Geological Survey
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MDI31D10NE00045
Record Name(s) | Galway Mineral Site - 2000 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1994-Jun-07 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone
Township or Area: Galway
Latitude: 44° 44' 52.63" Longitude: -78° 38' 3.84"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 687261.563 Northing: 4957674.055 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D10NE
Point Location Description: Point on Hwy 121 4.0 km S of Kinmount.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Kinmount at the junction of Hwy 5 to Gooderham, travelling on Hwy 121, drive S 4.0 km to a road cut.
Mineral location : tourmaline, clinopyroxene, serpentine, mica, pyrite and rozenite, goethite and jarosite as coatings.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - In siliceous marble are disseminations of orange-brown tourmaline, dlinopyroxene, serpentine, mica and pyrite. Rozenite, goethite and jarosite are associated with pyrite as coatings on exposed sufaces.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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5 | Goethite | Economic | Ore | ||||
10 | Jarosite | Economic | Ore | ||||
15 | Mica | Economic | Ore | ||||
20 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
25 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
30 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
35 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 63 Date: 1996
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
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