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Record: MDI31F07NW00009

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) McGrath's Hill - 1951
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Aug-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Dec-05
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite



Location

Township or Area: Admaston

Latitude: 45° 25' 10.54"    Longitude: -76° 51' 33.04"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 354542.001   Northing: 5031245.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07NW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 1.6 km sw of Colton Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Gneiss Is

Lithology Comments

Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - Minor nepheline is found in bands normally less than 5 feet wide in a syenitic gneiss.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 65  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


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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