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Record: MDI31F04SW00124

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) New Herman - 1986, New Hermon - 1986
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Mayo

Latitude: 45° 6' 43.99"    Longitude: -77° 37' 14.41"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 293854.998   Northing: 4998757.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On Hwy. 28, 1.0 km east of Hermon.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

Oct 20, 2011 (A Wilson) - Tremolite and phlogopite occur as disseminations and bands in the outcrop. The rock may have potential for ashlar, ornamental stone and architectural stone. The stone was not rigorously assessed for these uses.




Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale:     Date: 1986

Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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


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


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