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Record: MDI31F05SE00045

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Levesque South - 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
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Carlow

Latitude: 45° 18' 26.51"    Longitude: -77° 38' 2.77"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 293506   Northing: 5020470.995    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F05SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Alkalic Pegmatitic Is
Paragneiss 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Oct 28, 2011 (A Wilson) - The lithology is described as foliated to gneissic, leucocratic potassium-feldspar bearing albite syenite with augen to laminated structures and a metamorphic fabric.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Oct 28, 2011 (A Wilson) - Corundum occurs in syenite and patches of syenite pegmatite in crystals ranging from ¼ to 2 inches in size. A one place, the grade of corundum over a 6 foot width was estimated at 10%. Local pegmatitic patches run as high as 25% corundum.



Mineral Record Details

References

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:


Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 38  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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

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