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Record: MDI31F04SW00072

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) South Coltson Graphite - 1915
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Nov-16
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-21
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite

Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Dungannon

Latitude: 45° 3' 57.69"    Longitude: -77° 49' 15.86"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 277912   Northing: 4994157.01    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: marble exposure west of Coltson Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Calcitic Host
Skarn 2 Calcitic Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 24, 2014 (A Wilson) - Medium- to coarse-grained, gneissic, siliceous calcitic marble containing 20-60% siliceous impurities; commonly contains intercalated units of amphibole-rich metasedimentary rocks.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 24, 2014 (C Papertzian) - A sample of disseminated graphite was acquired by the Royal Ontario Museum in 1894.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Publication - Graphite; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 511

Publication Number: CMB Pub 511 Page: 41  Date: 1920

Author: Spence, H.S.

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307722


Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 110  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Page: 186  Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 177  Date: 1983

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Publication - Summary report on the operations of the Geological survey for the year 1894; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 7, (1894), pt. A

Publication Number: GSC AR 7A Page: 98  Date: 1895

Author: Dawson, G M

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/297158


Map - Dungannon and Mayo townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1955-08 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships

Publication Number: ARV64-08 Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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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