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Record: MDI31F01NE00033

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) East Galbraith - 1979
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-06
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sandstone (Silica)



Location

Township or Area: Ramsay

Latitude: 45° 11' 21.59"    Longitude: -76° 11' 28.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406426.96   Northing: 5004672.99    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: General, point 3.6 km north-east of Galbraith.

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Subprovince: Central St. Lawrence Lowland



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sandstone 1 Straw Coloured, Thinly Bedded Fine-Grained Host

Lithology Comments

Oct 10, 2017 (A Wilson) - A small outcrop of shaley sandstone and an outlier are located just west of the ridge which runs parallel to Highway 29, inferring a thin section here.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Silica sand potential in eastern Ontario, preliminary report 1

Publication Number: OFR5265 Page: II-14  Date: 1979

Author: Powell R.D., Klugman M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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