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| Record Name(s) | Wasmund Farm - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Raglan
Latitude: 45° 16' 15.58" Longitude: -77° 33' 42.46"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 299046.001 Northing: 5016248.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F05SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The deposit is on the crest of a ridge that extends west from lot 10 to the Conroy Marsh. The area is reached by a poor road then extends southwest from the end of the road between Lot 15 and Lot 16 in Concession XVI. (MDC 22, p.43).
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Nepheline Syenite | Adjacent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skarn | 2 | Garnet-Scapolite-Pyroxene | Host |
Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - A band of garnet-scapolite-pyroxene rock up to 200 feet wide lies along the crest of a ridge. This rock is adjacent to syenite gneiss interbanded with amphibolite.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garnet | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyroxene | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Titanite | Economic | Ore |
Jul 05, 2011 (A Wilson) - The garnet is orange-brown, granular and fine grained.
Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area
Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 22 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 92 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 43 Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 99 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Barry's Bay Area
Publication Number: P3444 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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