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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31F10SE00023

Record: MDI31F10SE00023

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Garden of Eden - 1887
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Apr-12
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Tourmaline



Location

Township or Area: Ross

Latitude: 45° 33' 2.2"    Longitude: -76° 44' 53.96"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 363531.98   Northing: 5045605.77    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F10SE

Point Location Description: extremely vague with respect to collection site

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 2.5 km southeast of Haley Station.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

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

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - Fine crystals, rich yellow or transparent brown occur in pink limestone/dolomite



Mineral Record Details

References

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

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 227  Date: 1915

Author: Johnston, R A A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

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


Part - Minerals of Ontario, with notes

Publication Number: ARV09.009 Page: 211  Date: 1998

Author: Miller W.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau 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:


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