Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Dancey Farm - 1986, Dancey Tremolite Occurrence - 1986 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Jun-28 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Tremolite
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.
Mineral collecting site.
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Dolomitic | Crystalline | Contains |
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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 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
3 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
4 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
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.
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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