Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Trench Hill - 1898, Palmer Rapids - 1953 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-May-14 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Corundum
Township or Area: Raglan
Latitude: 45° 18' 59.61" Longitude: -77° 30' 33.36"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 303324.002 Northing: 5021180 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F05SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 1 | Syenite | Contains |
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| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Corundum | Economic | Ore |
Jun 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - Hewitt describes several small pits in the vicinity of Palmers Rapids on the Madawaska River. Small patches of rock contain up to 10% corundum. The corundum is usually ½ inch in diameter or less. The best corundum zone was described as being 1.5 m by 6.1 m and contains 2 per cent corundum grains 6 mm to 25 mm across.
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 41-42 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area
Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 61-62 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario
Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 34 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Corundum in Ontario
Publication Number: ARV08-02.005 Page: 222 Date: 1998
Author: Blue A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
Part - Economic geology of eastern Ontario, corundum and other minerals
Publication Number: ARV07-03.001 Page: 221 Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G., Goodwin W.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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