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Record: MDI31F07NE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Glasgow Station - 1951
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1985-Nov-15
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: McNab

Latitude: 45° 26' 3.61"    Longitude: -76° 31' 19.25"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 380952.003   Northing: 5032328.001    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Just NE of Lundys Corners.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Hornblende-Biotite-Garnet Gneissic

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AndraditeEconomicOre
2ZirconEconomicOre
3MagnetiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Sep 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - Chocolate-brown andradite carnet occurs along the contacts of the syenite. Garnet forms up to 25% of the contact near the southwestern end of the complex. The garnet is typically ?1 mm in diameter. The garnet-rich zone strikes north to northeast and is at least 10 feet wide and 150 feet long.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Renfrew map area, Renfrew and Lanark counties; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Scale:     Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377


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

Publication Number: MDC022 Scale:     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 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2462 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 67G Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1951

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/109668


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