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Record Name(s) | Moonstone Pit - 1994, Peristerite Pit - 1994 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1994-Jun-07 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones)
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.
Mineral location : peristerite (probably not moonstone).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
2 | Zircon | Economic | Gangue |
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.
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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