Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Breckenridge Bay Peridotite - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Feb-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Miscellaneous Stone
Township or Area: Watt
Latitude: 45° 8' 46.77" Longitude: -79° 31' 28.91"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 615980 Northing: 5000263.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04NE
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: Quarry is located west of road 25, 3.2km of Dee Bank Road.
1967: site worked as quarry for road work.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gabbro | 1 | Gabbro | Gneissic | Is |
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Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - The outcrops are described as being deeply weathered. A thin section of the serpentinized rock shows abundant serpentine, pyroxene, relict olivine, scapolite and opaque minerals.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Serpentine | Economic | Ore |
Mar 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - A thin section of the serpentinized rock shows abundant serpentine, pyroxene, relict olivine, scapolite and opaque minerals.
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Lake Joseph Area
Publication Number: P3412 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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