Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Road Cut Highway 28 - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1994-Jun-08 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Gypsum, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Mayo
Latitude: 45° 5' 40.1" Longitude: -77° 39' 16.32"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 291126.472 Northing: 4996873.275 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: On Hwy 28, 0.7 km north of Belton Lake.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Contains |
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Oct 18, 2011 (A Wilson) - Acicular crystals of gypsum form tufts and botyroidal encrustations on rusty biotite-plagioclase gneiss. Goethite is associated with the gypsum.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Gypsum | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Goethite | Economic | Ore |
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39
Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 20 Date: 1986
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046
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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