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Record: MDI31E12NW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) OGS Sample 87-CCM-0373 - 1987
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)



Location

Township or Area: Croft

Latitude: 45° 37' 57.69"    Longitude: -79° 44' 46.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 597721.806   Northing: 5054002.775    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E12NW

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
Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The outcrop is typically small, but the rock appears to be relatively clean and may be suitable for industrial applications.




Mineralization Comments

Dec 14, 2011 (A Wilson) - The sample returned the following analysis: 50.12% CaO, 3.631 % MgO, 0.416% Fe2O3, 0014% MnO, 170 ppm Sr with a neutralizing value of 98.52.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale:     Date: 1991

Author: Marmont C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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