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| Record Name(s) | Cup Lake Graphite - 1943 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Cardiff, Cardiff
Latitude: 45° 0' 47.97" Longitude: -78° 6' 5.64"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 728388 Northing: 4988518 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: graphite occurrence on north side of small creek between 2 parts of Cup Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: On the N side of a small creek between the 2 parts of Cup Lake, and just S of the creek.
Circa1940: pitting and trenching
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Tonalite | 1 | Tonalite | Gneissic | Host |
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Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite was observed in a 4 foot wide band of tonalitic gneiss. The gneisses north and south of the band contain little or no graphite. The feldspathic paragneiss strikes N80W and dips 50º S.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore |
Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - Disseminated graphite flakes ranging from 1/8to ¼ of an inch in diameter were observed in a 4 foot wide band of gneiss. The richest zone occurs on a slip in this band parallel to the gneissic structure. A shallow pit just south of the creek exposes a rusty siliceous gneiss in which some bands carry a few flakes of fine- to coarse-graphite. Hewitt estimated that the band contained 8-10% graphite over the 4 foot width of the band. A small pit just south of the creek exposes rusty paragneiss with a few large flakes of graphite.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Industrial |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area
Publication Number: ARV52-02 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships
Publication Number: ARV66-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Major graphite occurrences within the Frontenac Axis, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5729 Scale: Date: 1990
Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Cardiff and Faraday townships, counties of Haliburton and Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1957-01 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario
Publication Number: MDC033 Scale: Date: 1992
Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Graphite in Ontario
Publication Number: IMR020 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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:
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:
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