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Record: MDI31F05SE00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bailey's Lake Area Sillimanite - 1953, Concession 11 & 12, Lot 21 - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sillimanite



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 15' 22.74"    Longitude: -77° 39' 37.59"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 291254   Northing: 5014868.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.5 km south-east of Bailey's Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Located just southeast of the junction of the New Carlow -Cobermere road ( Hwy 517 ), and the McArthur's Mills- Boulter road. 1 km east of the junction, just east of a large gravel pit, about 2 km north of the York River. Access is by township roads leading past the township dump. The occurrence forms a prominent ridge ( 300 m x 50 m ) east of the road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Paragneiss 1 Sillimanite-Garnet-Biotite Paragneiss Contains
Marble 2 Calcitic Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - The showing is associated with the York River Shear Zone.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1SillimaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - Sillimanite is common and some sillimanite-rich zones are up to 10 feet wide contain up to 15% sillimanite in fine needle-like aggreagates.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Disseminated

References

Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 70  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Book - 1988, Sillimanite Report

Publication Number: Page: 57  Date: 1988

Author:

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location: Tweed RGP


Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario

Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680    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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