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| Record Name(s) | Mink Creek - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-04 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-17 |
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Primary Commodities: Mica, Apatite (Gemstones)
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 1' 58.66" Longitude: -78° 1' 13.32"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 734705.952 Northing: 4990931.681 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE
Point Location Description: Property symbol ' P ', 3.3 km N of Cardiff.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: On the SW slope of a hill.
Mineral location : lepidomelane, apatite, plagioclase, fluorite, magnetite and pyrite. 1925 : prospecting for mica opened up caves (solution cavities) in a pegmatite - 3 x 10 ft x 8 ft deep.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A pegmatite in nepheline syenite, rich in black mica and calcite, where prospectors opened up large cavities containing these scattered minerals. Lepidomelane was 1 inch -3 feet across, black and corroded; apatite was 1/2 inch- 18 inches long with a max of 4-5 in diameter, asparagus green and somewhat corroded; fluorite was purplish.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Fluorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 50 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 8 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 39 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 218 Date: 1980
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
Publication - Contributions to Canadian Mineralogy, 1926; Geological Survey of Canada, Museum Bulletin 46
Publication Number: Mus Bull 46 Page: 20-25 Date: 1927
Author: Poitevin, E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/105023
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