Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McGee's Hill - 1951 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Feb-15 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Dec-05 |
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Primary Commodities: Tourmaline
Township or Area: Admaston
Latitude: 45° 25' 46.8" Longitude: -76° 44' 10.77"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 364178.003 Northing: 5032149.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07NE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 0.8 km southeast of Opeongo.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Granite | Host |
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Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - A northerly trending mass of granitic pegmatite contains an unusually large amount of black tourmaline.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - Tourmaline constitutes 5-15% of the host rock and occurs as subhedral grains and euhedral crystals up to ½ by 2 inches. Many of the crystals are reportedly zoned.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
Book - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 71 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 283-284 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
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
Map - Geological series, Renfrew area, eastern part, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P1838 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1978
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
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:
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