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Record: MDI31E13SW00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lot 10 Concession 2 marble - 1942
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1992-Feb-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material), Graphite



Location

Township or Area: East Mills

Latitude: 45° 51' 25.67"    Longitude: -79° 48' 31.09"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 592487   Northing: 5078863.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31E13SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Exploration History

1941: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Amphibolite 1 Garnetiferous Adjacent
Limestone 2 Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - The limestone/marble is described as being impure, green and crystalline in contact with a garnet amphibolite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PyrrhotiteEconomicOre
2GraphiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 24, 2011 (A Wilson) - Coarse graphite is described as being erratically distributed at the contact between the amphibolite and the limestone. Small scales of graphite also were observed in the amphibolite. Pyrrhotite occurs in the amphibolite as a fine dissemination and rarely, as bunches up to 2 inches in diameter. Films and splashes of pyrite are present on joint faces.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District

Publication Number: ARV51-02 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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