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Record: MDI31F04NE00020

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Miller Sample 1903-1 - 1904, Lime Kiln Quarry - 1904, Foster Rapids - 1904
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1981-May-12
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux)



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 14' 19.42"    Longitude: -77° 39' 28.99"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 291376.999   Northing: 5012908.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NE

Point Location Description: Rock unit ' 35 ' just S of York River, Lot 17, Con 10.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Accessible by Hwy 20 and about 1.2 km south of the south shore of Stringer Lake. A walk along the south shore of the York River will lead to the marble outcrops.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected in 1904 assayed 2.70% SiO2, 1.64% Al2O3, 1.71% Fe2O3, 4.35% MgO and 48.28 CaO.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Excursions in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and the eastern part of Ontario; International Geological Congress, Guidebook 2

Publication Number: GSC GB 2 Page: 87  Date: 1913

Author:

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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

Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 113, 115  Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 174  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area

Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1998

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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