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Record: MDI31F06NE00044

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Little Lake Clear - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-24
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-19
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Sebastopol

Latitude: 45° 28' 20.86"    Longitude: -77° 13' 3.55"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 326658.002   Northing: 5037829.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: NW of Little Lake Clear.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Gneissic Contains

Lithology Comments

Jun 13, 2011 (A Wilson) - Roadside outcrops of syenite contain mica-apatite-calcite veins.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1ApatiteEconomicOre
2CalciteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Jun 13, 2011 (A Wilson) - Apatite, calcite, titanite and pyroxene are found in veins and shallow pits in the vicinity of the highway. The calcite is pink in colour and fluoresces pink.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 32-34  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


Map - Clontarf, Renfrew County

Publication Number: M2433 Scale: 1:31,680    Date: 1980

Author: Themistocleous S.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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