Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Manitouwabing Rapids Fluorite - 1942 |
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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-Sep-27 |
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Primary Commodities: Fluorite
Secondary Commodities: Titanium
Township or Area: Spence
Latitude: 45° 30' 6.21" Longitude: -79° 45' 44.9"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 596681 Northing: 5039433 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E05NW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the bridge crossing the Manitouwbing River, in lot 4 concession 7, drive southeast for 1.1 km to the only driveway on the east side of the road then walk northeast to the rapids.
pre-1942: test pitting
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 2 | Contains |
Mar 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence consists of impure crystalline limestone speckled with green minerals and a biotite hornblende or hornblende gneiss cut by irregular bands of coarse hornblende pegmatite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Garnet | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Epidote | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
Mar 05, 2009 (A Wilson) - The mineral assemblage consists of orange-red garnet and yellow green epidote with localized pyrite and pyrrhotite within the limestone adjacent to the hornblende pegmatite. A number of pits have been opened in this mass supposedly for fluorite.
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 69, 76 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Orrville Area
Publication Number: P3414 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2000
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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