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Record: MDI31F07SE00085

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chamberlain Creek - 1951
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Aug-21
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen, Tourmaline



Location

Township or Area: Bagot

Latitude: 45° 21' 23.16"    Longitude: -76° 38' 46.62"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 371055.004   Northing: 5023864.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SE

Point Location Description: approximate description in MP39

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The occurrence is on the north side of the road leading west from Hwy 508 at a point 3/4 of a mile NE of Springtown and 1/4 of a mile from the highway.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Aug 26, 2011 (C Papertzian) - Euhedral crystals of black tourmaline measuring up to 1.5 inches by 4 inches occur in quartz veins.




Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Diorite 1 Diorite Gneissic Adjacent
Vein 2 Quartz Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein

References

Publication - 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


Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: GSC Misc Rep 39 Page: 96-97  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A P

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 284  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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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