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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31F08SE00007

Record: MDI31F08SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Marathon - 1991
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Feb-04
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-22
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Barite



Location

Township or Area: Huntley

Latitude: 45° 20' 38.85"    Longitude: -76° 8' 15.41"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 410877.112   Northing: 5021808.953    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08SE

Point Location Description: General, Point 0.75 km S of Marathon.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI



Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins

Geological Age: Paleozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Limestone 1 Near
Vein 2 Barite Coarse, Massive Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5BariteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

May 23, 2007 (D Laidlaw) - COARSE AND MASSIVE BARITE OCCURS IN LIMESTONE.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 12, (1899), pt. R

Publication Number: GSC AR 12R Page: 19  Date: 1902

Author: Hoffmann, G C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/294890


Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45

Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 69  Date: 1972

Author: Traill, R J

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924


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