Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Medonte Bentonite Occurrence - 1982, Coldwater - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Feb-24 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-14 |
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Primary Commodities: Bentonite
Township or Area: Medonte
Latitude: 44° 41' 52.51" Longitude: -79° 37' 22.78"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 609098.05 Northing: 4950316.12 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D12NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
RECLASSIFICATION: THE UNIT IS K-BENTONITE AND IS MADE OF ILLITE AND SMECTITE, WEATHERING: THE UNIT WEATHERS TO A SOFT PLASTIC CLAY, ORIGIN: VOLCANIC ASH.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Terrigenous-Clastic-Unsubdivided | 1 | Claystone | Is |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Bentonite | Economic | Ore |
Book - CJES 1979, VOL 16, P1499
Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996
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Publication - Orr lake Simcoe county Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 53-16
Publication Number: GSC Paper 53-16 Page: 2 Date: 1953
Author: Liberty, B A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108323
Map - Geology, Lake Simcoe area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1228A
Publication Number: GSC Map 1228A Scale: 1:253,440 Date: 1969
Author: Liberty, B A; Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108915
Publication - Palaeozoic geology of the Windsor-Sarnia area, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 240
Publication Number: GSC Mem 355 Page: 29 Date: 1969
Author: Caley, J F
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101618
Book - JOUR GEOL 1931, VOL 39, P367-369
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Book - MNR-MNDM 1989, VOL 1, P146
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Book - MNR-MNDM 1989, VOL 3 P27-28
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