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Record: MDI31F01NE00052

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McNeely - 1890
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-24
Date Last Modified 2022-May-03
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Hematite (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Beckwith

Latitude: 45° 7' 36.36"    Longitude: -76° 7' 52.18"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 411044   Northing: 4997655    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F01NE

Point Location Description: Point at railway cut south of Carleton Place.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Sep 03, 2015 (A Wilson) - The hematite is described as dark greyish, reddish brown material in part coated in a purplish to brownish red. Unctuous powder. It has an uneven, minutely crystalline fracture and contains a little calcite and other minerals disseminated through it.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratiform

References

Publication - Chemical analyses of Canadian rocks, minerals, and ores; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115

Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 417-418  Date: 1965

Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631


Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 119  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Book - Chemical Analyses of Canadian Rocks, Minerals and Ore; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 115

Publication Number: GSC Bull 115 Page: 417-418  Date: 1965

Author: Maxwell, J A; Dawson, K R

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100631


Publication - Chemical Contributions to the Geology of Canada from the Laboratory of the Survey; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 4, (1888-1889), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 4-R Page: 21R  Date: 1890

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296456


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