Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Furnace Falls Marble - 1982, Sample No.21 - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Jan-18 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)
Township or Area: Snowdon
Latitude: 44° 49' 21.32" Longitude: -78° 33' 50.86"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 692576 Northing: 4966129 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D15SE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Where highway 503 (formerly highway 500) crosses the now abandoned CNR tracks near Furnace Falls.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Calcite | Massive | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Dolomite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - The limestone is comprised of 6.40% SiO2; 0.96% Fe2O3, 0.06% Al2O3,0.04% Ca3(PO6)2, CaCO3 51.36%, MgCO3 41.31%.
Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario
Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 84, 86, 88 Date: 1938
Author: Goudge, M F
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/75823
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 51-55 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 200 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of the Howland area, Haliburton, Peterborough and Victoria counties
Publication Number: OFR5639 Page: 122 Date: 1987
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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