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Record: MDI31F01NE00038

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Calcite Road Cut - 2001
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-08
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Calcite



Location

Township or Area: Goulbourn

Latitude: 45° 12' 30.43"    Longitude: -76° 1' 47.46"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 419127.041   Northing: 5006623.054    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: Point on Hwy 7, 5.7 km N of Ashton.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From Hwy 7 and the junction of the road to Huntley, continue on Hwy 7 for 3.4 ml from the junction. Road cuts expose Black River limestone containing a few crinoids and shell fossils. White, massive calcite and some dogtooth spar are also present. An old quarry, in a field just N of the road cut, exposes similar rock.



Exploration History

Mineral and fossil location : calcite + crinoids and shells. Old quarry nearby.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Black River limestone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector, Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec, Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 41

Publication Number: GSC MR 41 Page: 55  Date: 1996

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/122460


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50

Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 69  Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344


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