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Record: MDI31F05SE00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Buck Lake Cuts - 1900, Burgess Mines - 1900
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1990-Oct-26
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 17' 9.58"    Longitude: -77° 43' 47.36"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 285922   Northing: 5018346.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: Property marked ' COR ', 0.75 km southeast of Buck Lake.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The north cuts are situated close to the township boundary in an opening on the top of a hill, 400 ft north of the south cuts.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Albitic Gneissic Contains
Pegmatite 2 Syenitic Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 18, 2012 (A Wilson) - At the contacts of the syenite gneiss, pink syenite pegmatite caries large euhedral corundum crystals up to 2 inches long, surrounded by haloes of muscovite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 36  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 27  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: 34  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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