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Record: MDI31F06NW00011

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Letterkenny Road Lot 24 Con 6 - 1953, South of Charlotte Lake - 1953
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Oct-12
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Brudenell

Latitude: 45° 23' 24.65"    Longitude: -77° 25' 30.66"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 310161.003   Northing: 5029157.003    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06NW

Point Location Description: approximate

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 Gneissic Host

Lithology Comments

Jun 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - The corundum-syenite gneiss is interbedded with amphibolite and crystalline limestone.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jun 23, 2011 (A Wilson) - The corundum crystals are approximately ¼ inch in diameter. The occurrence has no economic importance.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Corundum, Its Occurrence, Distribution, Exploitation and Uses; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 57

Publication Number: GSC Mem 57 Page: 186  Date: 1915

Author: Barlow, A.E.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101547


Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 80  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18

Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 121  Date: 1980

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519


Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area

Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 51  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:


Map - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2461 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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