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Record: MDI31E01SE00132

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Barnes Property - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite

Secondary Commodities: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 1' 28.96"    Longitude: -78° 12' 25.13"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 720038   Northing: 4989491    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: trench

Location Method: AMIS Site Visit

Access Description: 1.9 km south-east of Wilberforce.



Exploration History

pre-1943: pitting, trenching


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

Lithology Comments

Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - The marble contains lenses of graphitic material. The bedding of the marble is vertical and varies in strike from N 45 W at the base, to N 25 W on the slope to N 5 W on the top of the hill.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2PhlogopiteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Nov 06, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite is exposed only in pits in the area of interest.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

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

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Page: 21-22  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 146  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:


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:


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 114-115  Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins 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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