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| Record Name(s) | Wilson Island Graphite - 1982 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Monck
Latitude: 45° 2' 6.08" Longitude: -79° 25' 59.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 623407.997 Northing: 4988035.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E03SW
Point Location Description: Approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Monzodiorite | Contains |
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Apr 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - The host unit is described as a garnetiferous, gneissic monzodiorite with laminated structure and metamorphic fabric. Contains veins of quartzo-feldspathic material, and discontinuous amphibolite layers. The graphite is within a zone of semipelitic and pelitic gneiss that extends along the peninsulas and islands of Lake Muskoka from point Carling to Bracebridge.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 15, 2011 (A Wilson) - Davidson noted graphite concentrations ranging between 1 and 3%, generally within thin layers.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Graphite occurrences in the Algonquin region, Grenville province, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 870
Publication Number: GSC OF 870 Page: 6 Date: 1982
Author: Davidson, A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129745
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 150 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bracebridge Area
Publication Number: P3411 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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