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Record: MDI31D16NW00181

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Moonstone Pit - 1994, Peristerite Pit - 1994
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-07
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Glamorgan

Latitude: 44° 53' 23.64"    Longitude: -78° 19' 57.8"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 710625   Northing: 4974181    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: Point 0.5 km east of Trooper Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Take Hwy 507 from it's junction with Hwy 503 and drive 1.1 mile to the Tamarack Lake Road, on the left. Drive down it for 2 miles (do not take the right branch) to the end, at an old farmhouse. The pit is in the front yard.



Exploration History

Mineral location : peristerite (probably not moonstone).


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FeldsparEconomicOre
2ZirconEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jan 22, 2017 (C Papertzian) - Colourful but badly fractured specimens of peristerite (probably not moonstone, which is orthoclase, as this is said to be plagioclase). Zircon is also reported from this lot, in pegmatite dykes - no specific location.



Mineral Record Details

References

Book - PETERSON 1978, GUIDE, # 36

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

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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 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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