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Record: MDI31F02NE00113

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Dalhousie Road Cuts - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1994-Jun-02
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Amethyst



Location

Township or Area: Darling

Latitude: 45° 11' 6.32"    Longitude: -76° 34' 40.96"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 376027.115   Northing: 5004722.878    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02NE

Point Location Description: Point on hwy 511, 1.8 km E of Peterwhite Lake (lot 16,con 2/3).

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From the junction of the road from Lanark with the road to Lavant and Poland travel straight ahead 11.1 ml to the first roadcut (0.3 ml long). The second roadcut is at 11.6 ml.



Exploration History

Note: Mineral Collecting Site.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Mineral location : tremolite, serpentine and chondrodite in marble (with graphite, pyrite and mica) - at the first roadcut. epidote veining in diorite associated with feldspar, pyrite, calcite and slightly amethystine quartz - at the second roadcut.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AmethystEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicOre
3EpidoteEconomicOre
4FeldsparEconomicOre
5PyriteEconomicOre
6ChondroditeEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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 Scale:     Date: 1976

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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