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Record: MDI31F04SW00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bancroft Village - 2000, Bancroft - 1984
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1984-Apr-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By C Papertzian

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 3' 35.46"    Longitude: -77° 51' 18.48"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 275206.414   Northing: 4993565.366    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Diamond symbol ' AF 1 ' on E side of Hwy 62, downtown Bancroft.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: On the E side of Hwy 62 at the intersection of Hwy 28 and 62.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - 1 m thick unit of apatite-bearing calcitic biotite gneiss. Apatite up to 10 % , disseminated in the gneiss, is green to red.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5ApatiteEconomicOre
10BiotiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

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


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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