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Record: MDI31D10NE00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Galway Mineral Site - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone



Location

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.



Exploration History

Mineral location : tourmaline, clinopyroxene, serpentine, mica, pyrite and rozenite, goethite and jarosite as coatings.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

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.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5GoethiteEconomicOre
10JarositeEconomicOre
15MicaEconomicOre
20PyroxeneEconomicOre
25PyriteEconomicOre
30SerpentineEconomicOre
35TourmalineEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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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