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Record: MDI31F03NE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Camel Chute - 1986, Vos Sample M2 - 1977
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Jun-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-02
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)



Location

Township or Area: Matawatchan

Latitude: 45° 11' 30.08"    Longitude: -77° 7' 30.64"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 333063.003   Northing: 5006442.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F03NE

Point Location Description: Dot symbol M2, nearest Camel Chute of Madawaska River.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Dolomitic Mediumgrained Is

Lithology Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - The sample was described as, white to buff, medium crystalline, dolomitic marble occurring in 3 m wide bands in grey marble.




Mineralization Comments

May 25, 2011 (A Wilson) - A sample collected by M. Vos returned 20.6% MgO, 29.8% CaO and had a brightness of 86.0.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble

Publication Number: MDC021 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Preliminary survey, marble of the Grenville geological province, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5229 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines

Location:


Map - Geological series, marbles of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P1980 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1979

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Denbigh Area

Publication Number: P3437 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 2001

Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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