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Record: MDI31D15SE00041

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dancey Farm - 1986, Dancey Tremolite Occurrence - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tremolite



Location

Township or Area: Snowdon

Latitude: 44° 50' 2.07"    Longitude: -78° 33' 28.65"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 693026   Northing: 4967401    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D15SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Based on Assessment

Access Description: 1.1 km south of Bow Lake. On a hillside on the west side of the barn on the farm of Mr. Thomas. Dancey on Hwy 503, 5.6 km southwest of Irondale.



Exploration History

Mineral collecting site.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Dolomitic Crystalline Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1TremoliteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3ApatiteEconomicOre
4PyriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 11, 2017 (A Wilson) - Coarsely bladed white tremolite occurs in crystalline limestone. White granular massive calcite is associated with it. Tiny light blue apatite crystals and patches of pyrite occur in the tremolite.



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: Misc Rep 39 Page: 93  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


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