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Record: MDI31F08SW00003

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Lowney Lake - 1986, White Lake Area - 2000
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1986-Jun-05
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By C Papertzian

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Darling, Darling

Latitude: 45° 16' 29.42"    Longitude: -76° 29' 13.59"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 383355.036   Northing: 5014557.902    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F08SW

Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' PM 120, 121 ' ,1.5 km E of Pickerel Bay, White Lake.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Sampled locations in the vicinity of Lowney Lake, along township roads and in the area of the dump ( lots 18-23, con 10-12).



Geology

Province: Grenville

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Part of a wide marble belt that has intercalated units of paragneiss and some intrusions. The marble is generally grey and medium-grained with minor impurities. Most of the marble in the belt is dolomitic with discontinuous bands of calcitic marble. Samples PM 120, 121 are described along with the road traverses in MDC 21 under the heading ' White Lake Area '; sample # 1680 is described in MDC 28. See also MDI31F07SE00017 (Three Mile Bay) which covers samples also described in MDC 21.




Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: MDC021 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


Book - SMDR FILE, #01223

Publication Number: N/A Scale:     Date: 1996

Author:

Publisher Name:


Mono - Geochemistry of Grenville marble in southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: MDC028 Scale:     Date: 1989

Author: Grant W.T., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey


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