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Record: MDI31E12SE00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Old Man's Lake Area - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Spence

Latitude: 45° 36' 13.97"    Longitude: -79° 37' 59.06"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 606597.003   Northing: 5050945.997    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E12SE

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 Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 2 Contains

Lithology Comments

Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The marble contains a few altered hornblende schist inclusions which, in turn, contain coarse graphite flakes as much as 1 inch in diameter.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The graphite occurs as coarse flakes, ranging from ¼ to 1 inch in diameter within hornblende schist fragments. The limestone contains little graphite. Satterly also noted the presence of graphite in hornblende schist inclusions on the shore of Bilsland Lake. Under the water of Bilsland Lake, disseminated graphite occurs within the limestone.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 64  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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