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Record: MDI31F07SW00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Bagot Lot 29 Con 8 Area A - 1981, Sidney Pottinger Property - 1938, Ashdad - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Jun-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-26
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (high purity/flux), Marble (Building Stone)

Secondary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Bagot

Latitude: 45° 22' 23.97"    Longitude: -76° 45' 10.39"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 362746.003   Northing: 5025917.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The deposit is crossed by a road along the northern boundary of the township.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Dolomitic Is

Lithology Comments

Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - The rock is medium- to coarse-grained, pale blue limestone with a variable amount of magnesium. The bedrock is described as being thickly bedded grey and white crystalline limestone. Disseminated pyrite was observed in some locations.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1GraphiteEconomicOre
2TremoliteEconomicOre
3SphaleriteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Aug 16, 2011 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected by Goudge from an old quarry in the vicinity returned: Sample135: 0.90% SiO2, 0.22% Fe2O3, 0.26% Al2O3, o.15% Ca3(PO4)2, 86.59% CaCO3 and 11.40% MgCO3. Sample 135A returned: 1.14% SiO2, 0.32% Fe2O3, 0.23% Al2O3, o.12% Ca3(PO4)2, 91.96% CaCO3 and 5.64% MgCO3. A typical analysis from the OGS study published in 1981 is: MA-4-3 11.6% SiO2, 0.4% Fe2O3, 0.1% Al2O3, 21.2% MgO, 28.8% CaCO with a brightness of 84.5



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Industrial

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Page: 172, 178-9  Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location:


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

Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 68  Date: 1951

Author: Quinn, H.A.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 63, 99  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 1: marble

Publication Number: MDC021 Page: 32-35, 71, 78-79,100  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 Page: 169  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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