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Record: MDI31F04NW00047

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bentley Railway Cut - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-27
Date Last Modified 2022-May-09
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Monteagle

Latitude: 45° 8' 2.14"    Longitude: -77° 49' 46.26"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 277511.342   Northing: 5001723.517    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NW

Point Location Description: General, Point 2.8 km west of Musclow.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: North on Hwy 62 from Bancroft, turn right on Musclow-Greenview Rd. Turn Left onto the Cross Country Road and drive 0.9 km to parking area in old railway right of way. The rock cut is 400 m along the old railway right of way to the east.





Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10FeldsparEconomicOre
15HornblendeEconomicOre
20SpheneEconomicOre
25TremoliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Bancroft 1990, Mineral Deposit Record #2949

Publication Number: MD 2949 Date: 1990

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Location: Tweed RGP


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