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MDI31F04SW00128
| Record Name(s) | Belton Lake - 1985, Highway 28 - 1985 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-19 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Jun-13 |
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Primary Commodities: Actinolite, Mineral Specimen
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.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Marble | 1 | Host |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Diopside | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Calcite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
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 amethyst) also described at this location.
Book - 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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