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Record: MDI31F07SW00036

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Scully Farm - 1944, Boundary - 1988
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Sep-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Graphite



Location

Township or Area: Blithfield

Latitude: 45° 16' 33.85"    Longitude: -76° 50' 38.6"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 355359.997   Northing: 5015272.998    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F07SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The area is reached by walking the township line between Brougham and Blithfield Townships from Hwy 508. A pit is situated in the SW part of Lot 25, Con 5, Blithfield Township. It lies on the top of a ridge about 1/2 ml SW of the Scully farm. 5 pits are situated in the NE part of Lot 1, Con 6, Brougham Twp; about 1 ml SW of the Scully farm.



Exploration History

Pre-1944: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Garnet-Biotite Host
Marble 2 Adjacent
Pegmatite 3 Intrudes

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Aug 26, 2011 (A Wilson) - Satterly observed graphite flakes ranging from 1/40 to 1/10 of an inch in width. The graphite forms approximately 20% of the gneiss.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Graphite in Ontario

Publication Number: IMR020 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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:


Mono - Graphite occurrences of the Frontenac Axis, eastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC033 Scale:     Date: 1992

Author: MacKinnon A., LeBaron P.S.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Renfrew area, Province of Ontario

Publication Number: ARM53B Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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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