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Record: MDI31E01NE00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Herschel - 1981
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Nov-16
Date Last Modified 2023-Jun-09
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Niobium



Location

Township or Area: Herschel

Latitude: 45° 11' .39"    Longitude: -78° 4' 53.64"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 729281.483   Northing: 5007472.942    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01NE

Point Location Description: General, NE end of Watt Lake, SE corner of lot 31, conc. XVI.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI





Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Zoned Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5PyrochloreEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 08, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - Pyrochlore-microlite occurs in a zoned pegmatite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 445  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 47  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

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