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Record: MDI31E01SW00054

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Essonville Amphibole Occurrence - 1988, Woodcox Occurrence - 2003
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Apr-28
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Monmouth

Latitude: 45° 0' 29.49"    Longitude: -78° 15' 20.53"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 716261.74   Northing: 4987524.51    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E01SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On the old Essonville road 3 km west of the junction with the Wilberforce-Tory Hill highway.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Granite Host
Vein 2 Calcite Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 26, 2017 (A Wilson) - Granite gneiss is cut by calcite veins containing dark green coarsely crystalline amphibole; red apatite crystals, pyroxene,,titanite and molybdenite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AmphiboleEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3PhlogopiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 26, 2017 (A Wilson) - Mineral exposures are found in a road cut at approximately 29.3 km.


Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Euhedral crystals of amphibole up to 20 cm long.



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: 59  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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