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Record: MDI31F10NW00029

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Millars Corners - 1890
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1993-May-18
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Asbestos



Location

Township or Area: Ross

Latitude: 45° 40' 15.72"    Longitude: -76° 46' 21.21"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 361936   Northing: 5059026    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F10NW

Point Location Description: approximate location

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 0.8 km north of Millars Corner.



Exploration History

circa1890: pitting


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Dolomite Marble 1 Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 11, 2013 (A Wilson) - A vein of chrysotile, (fibres up to 1 ft in length) was observed in a vein in dolomitic limestone.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 70  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571


Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 19-20  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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 - Cobden, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


MonoMap - Summary of metallogeny, Renfrew County area

Publication Number: R212 Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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