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Record: MDI31E01NE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Buck Creek Occurrence - 2001, Kingscott Road Deposit - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
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Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Actinolite



Location

Township or Area: Harcourt

Latitude: 45° 10' 46.13"    Longitude: -78° 10' 46.68"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 721592.527   Northing: 5006758.859    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01NE

Point Location Description: Point 2.2 km NW of Kennaway.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Drive E from Wilberforce on Hwy 648 for 11 km to the Elephant Lake road and turn left on to it. Drive 12.1 km to the Kingscott (Kingscote) Lake road (Algonquin Park Gate Road), turn left and drive 1.7 km. On the left is a marked trail on a bend in the road. Walk 0.1 km to the creek. The deposit is on both sides of the river. It is 24.9 km from the Memorial Centre in Wilberforce.



Exploration History

Mineral location : actinolite, sphene (titanite), hornblende.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Actinolite, sphene, hornblende mineral location.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ActinoliteEconomicOre
10HornblendeEconomicOre
15TitaniteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - 200 Mineral Locations in Southern Ontario

Publication Number: Page: 29-30  Date: 1972

Author: Leach, H.

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Book - ABLETT 1981, # 12

Publication Number: N/A Date: 2001

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