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Record: MDI31E01SE00014

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Concession XIII, Lot 32 - 1910
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1981-Sep-11
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 0' 41.61"    Longitude: -78° 13' 5.41"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 719206.76   Northing: 4987999.53    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: pit on south face of hill

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Siliceous Host
Pegmatite 2 Intrudes
Syenite 3 Gneissic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite is found in white to grey crystalline calcitic marble containing 20-60% siliceous impurities. The marble commonly contains thin intercalated units of amphibole-rich metasedimentary rocks.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - The limestone contains 0.5 to 1% disseminated graphite in flakes 1/20 of an inch in diameter, but locally on joints and slips cutting across the bedding the graphite forms 10%. Pegmatite stringers along the back of the pit contain graphite flakes up to ¼ of an inch in diameter.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Geology of the Haliburton and Bancroft areas, Province of Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 6

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 6 Page: 370  Date: 1910

Author: Adams, F D, Barlow, A E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100481


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 41-42  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Page: 21  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 114  Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 145  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Major graphite occurrences within the Frontenac Axis, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5729 Page: 74  Date: 1990

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC033 Page: 27  Date: 1992

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Wilberforce Area

Publication Number: P3526 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2003

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Haliburton area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM52A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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