Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Hwy 507 Road Cut - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Tourmaline, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Glamorgan
Latitude: 44° 54' 8.89" Longitude: -78° 22' 58.69"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 706612 Northing: 4975448.01 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31D16NW
Point Location Description: Point on Hwy 507, 0.8 km south of Gooderham.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: This road cut is actually on the east side of Hwy 507, 0.6 km south of its junction with Hwy 503 (in Gooderham).
Mineral location : scapolite (mauve-greyish blue-colourless), some gem quality was formerly obtained here. Also : brown-green tourmaline, clinoamphibole, apatite, clinopyroxene, serpentine, mica, pyrite, pyrrhotite, graphite and sphalerite.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Terrane: Bancroft
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Limestone | 1 | Crystalline | Host |
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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 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Clinoamphibole | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Clinopyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Mica | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 8 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 9 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Graphite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 11 | Sphalerite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 12 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 22, 2017 (A Wilson) - Scapolite, tourmaline and associated minerals are found in marble. There is not too much 'purple scapolite' left now. There may be some in the woods, thrown up by blasting, The purple colour fades in sunlight. Also, check the upper faces on the left side of the cut.
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 5 Date: 1983
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
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: 91-92 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 19, 83, 245, 280,299 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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