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Record: MDI31F10SW00019

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Pumphouse Lake Occurrence - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jun-27
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-29
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Marble (Structural Material)



Location

Township or Area: Ross

Latitude: 45° 34' 55.68"    Longitude: -76° 45' 50.92"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 362374   Northing: 5049135    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F10SW

Point Location Description: approximate location of sample

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 0.6 km north of Pumphouse Lake.



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Marble 1 Is

Lithology Comments

May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - The limestone is a blue, fine-grained calcium limestone/ marble.




Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

May 07, 2013 (A Wilson) - A grab sample collected by Goudge (sample 128) assayed 2.96% SiO2, 0.31% Fe2O3, 0.31% Al2O3, 0.09 Ca3(PO4)2, 87.60 CaCO3 and 9.18% MgCO3. The limestone carries abundant mica in flakes and grains as well as a few grains of chondrodite.



Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Limestones of Canada, their occurrence and characteristics, part IV, Ontario

Publication Number: CMB Pub 781 Scale:     Date: 1938

Author: Goudge, M F

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

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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