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Record: MDI31F05SE00016

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Armstrong Farm - 1949, Armstrong Mica - 1949
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: Mica



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 15' 9.78"    Longitude: -77° 45' 52.55"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 283067.997   Northing: 5014743.002    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: Point 1.8 km west of New Carlow.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: On the side of a north-facing hill about 1/2 miles south of the New Carlow road.



Exploration History

circa 1949: pitting (main pit 15 ft by 6 ft by 3 ft deep)


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Pyroxenitic Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1PhlogopiteEconomicOre
2ScapoliteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - Books of phlogopite up to 12 inches in size occur on the side of a north-facing hill.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite

References

Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 59  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 211-212  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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