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Record: MDI31F04SW00128

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Belton Lake - 1985, Highway 28 - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Mar-19
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Actinolite, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Mayo

Latitude: 45° 5' 25.51"    Longitude: -77° 39' 36"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 290681.463   Northing: 4996437.273    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On Hwy. 28, 0.5 km NW of Belton Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ActinoliteEconomicOre
3DiopsideEconomicOre
4CalciteEconomicOre
5QuartzEconomicOre
2TourmalineEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Oct 20, 2011 (A Wilson) - Tremolite-actinolite, brown tourmaline, amber mica and pyrite occur in crystalline limestone. Purple quartz, green diopside and orange calcite also have been observed at this site. Purplish quartz (possible amythest) also described at this location.



Mineral Record Details

References

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


Book - Mineral occurrence file

Publication Number: Date: 1985

Author:

Publisher Name: Tweed RGO

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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