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Record: MDI31F05SE00013

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Miller's Farm - 1927, Concession 12, Lots 23 and 24 - 1954
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Sillimanite, Garnet (Nonmetals), Kyanite (Nonmetals)

Secondary Commodities: Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 16' 24.44"    Longitude: -77° 39' 12.48"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 291863.999   Northing: 5016753.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: Point 0.6 Km northeast of Bailey's Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Several outcrops in open fields, 1/4 ml S of the New Carlow-Cobermere road.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Paragneiss 1 Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GarnetEconomicOre
2KyaniteEconomicOre
3SillimaniteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Kyanite occurs in blue-bladed crystals up to ¼ inch in diameter. Needle-like aggregates of sillimanite occur with the garnet and kyanite. Kyanite and sillimanite comprise approximately 5-10% of the narrow gneissic bands.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Abrasives, products of Canada, technology and application, part III, garnet; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 677

Publication Number: CMB Pub 677 Date: 1927

Author: Eardley-Wilmot, V L

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/306527


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 212  Date: 1983

Author: Traill, R.J.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 71  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 96  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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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