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| Record Name(s) | Ross Mine - 1944, Ross Farm - 1944, Ross Occurrence - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1986-May-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Apatite (Gemstones)
Secondary Commodities: Fluorite, Zircon
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 41' 36.83" Longitude: -76° 47' 20.88"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 360701 Northing: 5061558 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10NW
Point Location Description: approximate location of west pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Located in the bush on the east side of the road allowance, between Concessions III and IV, 800 m north of County Road 21.
Pre 1944: pitting, trenching
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Hornblende-Microcline Syenite | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - The pit exposes a 3.6 m homogeneous, medium-grained pegmatite of quartz-feldspar intergrowths. The pegmatite is hosted in biotite-quartz-feldspar gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apatite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Zircon | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Titanite | Economic | Ore |
May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - Purple fluorspar is found on samples in the rock dump. Small reddish-brown crystals of apatite are found within a small mass of coarsely crystalline white calcite. No apatite or fluorite was observed in 1980.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
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:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area
Publication Number: ARV53-03 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals [1980]; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50
Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Pyrite deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC005 Scale: Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
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 - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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