Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Raganooter Anorthosite - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Ferrie
Latitude: 45° 50' 55.05" Longitude: -79° 46' 25.86"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 595202 Northing: 5077960 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E13NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Anorthosite | 1 | Gabbroic Anorthosite |
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May 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - The most common rock type is massive blastoporphyritic gabbroic anorthosite. The protolith was probably a clinopyroxene-phyric gabbroic anorthosite. Ophitic textured gabbroic anorthosite is also common.
May 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - Chemical analysis suggests that some sections of the anorthosite body may be suitable for industrial minerals.
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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Map - Geological series, Precambrian geology, Ferrie River area, District of Parry Sound
Publication Number: P3123 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1988
Author: McRoberts G.D., Tremblay M.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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