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Record: MDI31E06SW00010

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lake Vernon Graphite - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Chaffey

Latitude: 45° 18' 51.4"    Longitude: -79° 16' 21.22"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 635402.003   Northing: 5019315.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E06SW

Point Location Description: Approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Andesine Monzogranite Contains

Lithology Comments

Apr 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - A zone of semipelitic and pelitic gneiss, locally with traces of graphite and carrying notable amounts near its south edge occurs along the southern shores of Lake Vernon. The zone is on the overturned northeast limb of a major fold that closes to the northwest.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomic And AlterationGangueGraphitic1

Mineralization Comments

Apr 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - Davidson identified a graphite rich zone on the south shore of Vernon Lake



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Graphite occurrences in the Algonquin region, Grenville province, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 870

Publication Number: GSC OF 870 Page: 5  Date: 1982

Author: Davidson, A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129745


Map - Precambrian Geology, Huntsville Area

Publication Number: P3413 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2000

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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