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Record: MDI31F04SW00095

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hwy 121 Roadcut - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-03
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-24
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tremolite, Calcite



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 44° 59' 48.34"    Longitude: -77° 59' 28.4"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 264232.437   Northing: 4986944.228    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Property symbol ' Ac ', 1,25 km NW of Vance Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: From the junction of Hwys 121 and 28, drive 1.2 ml on Hwy 121. Shallow cuts on both sides of the road.



Exploration History

Mineral location : diopside, tremolite, calcite.


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Minor diopside and tremolite in orange and green calcite. Not spectacular, but everyone stops here.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CalciteEconomicOre
10DiopsideEconomicOre
15TremoliteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Folio - Faraday Township, Hastings County

Publication Number: GDIF125 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Bancroft RMSO

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - LEACH ? # 10

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 2000

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