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Record: MDI31F04SW00159

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hwy 28 Arkose - 1993
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-Mar-19
Date Last Modified 2022-May-11
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones)



Location

Township or Area: Faraday

Latitude: 45° 0' 2.67"    Longitude: -77° 57' 7.83"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 267326.39   Northing: 4987273.236    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04SW

Point Location Description: Point 1.0 km E of Bigfools Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 1.8 ml S of the Faraday / Madawaska Mine on Hwy 28. A lane runs S 1/4 ml to extensive outcrops.



Exploration History

Mineral location : arkose, feldspar (?).


Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Hermon Formation arkose is exposed here with, presumably, feldspar mineral specimens.




Mineral Record Details

References

Book - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area

Publication Number: GB03 Page: 43  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Book - Resident Geologist file Bancroft # 3547

Publication Number: Date: 2000

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