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Record: MDI31D16NW00175

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East McCaslim - 1910
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 59' 47.84"    Longitude: -78° 19' 54.36"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 710310   Northing: 4986039    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: approximate location of outcrops of calcitic marble

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 0.3 km east of McCaslim Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 23, 2014 (A Wilson) - The calcitic marbles are uniform in texture and accessory mineralogy. The calcite is moderately compact, fine- to medium-grained, and buff subtranslucent in colour




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 6 Scale:     Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D, Barlow, A E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Wilberforce Area

Publication Number: P3526 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Folio - Monmouth Township, County of Haliburton

Publication Number: GDIF179 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Bancroft RMSO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Southeastern Ontario


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