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Record: MDI31E01SE00077

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Deer Lake Apatite - 1990, Drury Farm Sphene - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Cardiff

Latitude: 45° 3' 15.22"    Longitude: -78° 5' 46.14"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 728651.811   Northing: 4993077.256    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' HH ', 1.25 Km W of Deer Lake village.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Bancroft travel S on Hwy 28 and turn right onto Hwy 121. Drive 11.5 Km to Hwy 648 and turn right. Drive 7.7 Km and turn left onto a gravel road; take this 1.28 Km to a farmhouse on the right. Pay $1 per person. The path to the pits is just behind the farmhouse at a right angle to the road. They are 660 ft N of the house.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location - large sphene crystals ( up to 7 lbs ).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10CalciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - NMI #508871

Publication Number: N/A Date: 1996

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Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 20  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of Cardiff and Faraday townships

Publication Number: ARV66-03 Page: 40  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 85-86  Date: 1996

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


Mono - Phosphate in Ontario

Publication Number: MDC006 Page: 41  Date: 1967

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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