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Record: MDI31E01SE00137

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Little Esson Lake - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-25
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-23
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Fluorite



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 2' 29.76"    Longitude: -78° 15' 4.54"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 716485.75   Northing: 4991247.52    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: At northeast end of Little Esson Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Granite 1 Graphic Granite Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1FluoriteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Feb 01, 2017 (A Wilson) - Small masses of calcite and fluorite were exposed in a prospect pit.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Book - Fluorspar Deposits of Canada, p. 39-40

Publication Number: EGR#6 Scale:     Date: 1929

Author: M.E. Wilson

Publisher Name:

Location: Southeastern Ontario


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Fluorspar in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR012 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Guillet G.R.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Folio - Monmouth Township, County of Haliburton

Publication Number: GDIF179 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Bancroft RMSO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Southeastern Ontario


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