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| Record Name(s) | Blackbird Lake Magnetite - 1952 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-09 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-18 |
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Primary Commodities: Magnetite
Township or Area: Brougham
Latitude: 45° 17' 49.93" Longitude: -76° 58' 39.41"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 344941.997 Northing: 5017868.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F07SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Starting at church in Mt St Patrick village, drive southwest 1.6km to intersection with Flat Road, continue straight ahead 300m to Maloney Mountain road junction, then take it up into hills bearing right at fork with Clark Road. Continue to locked, secured gate at 7.3km total distance from Mt St Patrick. Gate is at rr#1161.
pre-1951: pitting and trenching
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Hornblende | Contains |
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May 03, 2011 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a northwest-trending zone of disseminated to massive magnetite and pyrrhotite up to 8 feet wide and 400 feet long within hornblende or pyroxene-bearing gneisses. The zone grades into rusty paragneiss to the northwest
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Pyrrhotite | Economic | Ore |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Disseminated |
Book - Renfrew map-area, Renfrew and Lanark counties, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 51-27
Publication Number: Paper 51-27 Page: 49-50 Date: 1951
Author: Quinn, H.A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101377
Mono - Iron deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC011 Page: 319 Date: 1968
Author: Shklanka R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology of base metal, precious metal, iron, and molybdenum deposits in the Pembroke-Renfrew area
Publication Number: MDC020 Page: 86-87 Date: 1980
Author: Carter T.R., Colvine A.C., Meyn H.D.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Thesis - Iron Deposits of Eastern Ontario and Their Origin
Publication Number: PhD Thesis Page: 107 Date: 1954
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Queen's University
Location: Tweed RGP
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 - Geological series, base and precious metals, iron and molybdenum deposits of Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2211 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1979
Author: Carter T.R., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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