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Record: MDI31E01SE00126

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) South Wilberforce Road Cut - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 0' 27.61"    Longitude: -78° 12' 59.55"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 719350   Northing: 4987571.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: road cut on east side of highway 648

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On Hwy 648 just south of South Wilberforce.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic   Geochronological Age: 1018 Ma    Geochron. Age Ref.: P3526



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host

Lithology Comments

Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - The siliceous calcitic marble is medium- to coarse-grained, gneissic and contains 20-60% siliceous impurities.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ChondroditeEconomicOre
2SerpentineEconomicOre
3ApatiteEconomicOre
4GraphiteEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre
6MicaEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 68  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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:


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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