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Record: MDI31F02NW00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Croft Lake - 1922
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-07
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Ochre



Location

Township or Area: Blithfield

Latitude: 45° 12' 54.61"    Longitude: -76° 40' 7.47"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 368970.998   Northing: 5008208    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F02NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: At the foot of a gully leading NW from the Blithfield pyrite mine. On the edge of a large, swampy flat.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Sedimentary Unconsolidated-unsubdivided 1 Limonite Is

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Unconsolidated

References

Publication - Iron oxide pigments in Ontario; In: Summary report of investigations made by the Mines Branch during the calendar year ending December 31, 1921

Publication Number: CMB Pub 586 Scale:     Date: 1921

Author: Fréchette, H.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/20739


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Precambrian Geology, Clyde Forks Area

Publication Number: P3438 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Easton R.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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