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Record: MDI31F04NW00015

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) G. Rutledge Property - 1943, Raggan Ponds - 1943, Concession V, Lot 16 - 1943
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Nov-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Monteagle

Latitude: 45° 9' 21.86"    Longitude: -77° 47' 39.36"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 280368   Northing: 5004087    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NW

Point Location Description: marble inclusion near Raggan Ponds

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Just north of Raggan Ponds.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Calcite Marble 1 Host
Pegmatite 2 Adjacent
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 3 Hornblende Syenite Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Nov 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - Graphite was found in a small inclusion of marble enclosed within a hornblende syenite gneiss.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Nov 07, 2013 (D Laidlaw) - Flake graphite at the occurrence is typically 1/3 of an inch or so in size. A grab sample collected from the site by the ODM in 1943 assayed 1.97% graphite. The graphite was exposed in a small pit.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area

Publication Number: ARV52-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Thomson J.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Scale:     Date: 1981

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Major graphite occurrences within the Frontenac Axis, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5729 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC033 Scale:     Date: 1992

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

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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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

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

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

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

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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