Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Galilee Lake - 1885 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-May-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Mineral Specimen, Tremolite
Township or Area: Ross
Latitude: 45° 34' 35.5" Longitude: -76° 45' 21.31"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 363002 Northing: 5048498 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F10SE, 31F10SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 2.2 km NE of Haley Station.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Dolomite Marble | 1 | Contains |
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May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - A band of tremolite dolomite, traceable across several lots, affords in many places long translucent rhomboidal columns and interlacing blades of tremolite, the former often one foot long and one inch across.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 1 | Tremolite | Economic | Ore |
May 13, 2013 (A Wilson) - The tremolite was described as a greyish-white mineral with a vitreous lustre which assayed 0.17% Fe2O3.
Publication - Report of Observations in 1883 on Mines and Minerals in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia; Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress 1882-1884
Publication Number: GSC RepProg1882 Page: 15L Date: 1885
Author: Willmott, C W
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/224678
Publication - Report of the section of chemistry and mineralogy; Geological Survey of Canada, Annual Report vol. 9, (1897), pt. R
Publication Number: GSC AR 9-R Page: 53R Date: 1898
Author: Hoffman, G.C.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/296994
Publication - A list of Canadian mineral occurrences; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir no. 74
Publication Number: GSC Memoir 74 Page: 229 Date: 1915
Author: Johnston, R A A
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101571
Publication - A Catalogue of Canadian Minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-45
Publication Number: Paper 69-45 Page: 574 Date: 1972
Author: Traill, R.J.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102924
Map - Cobden, Precambrian geology
Publication Number: M2460 Scale: 1:100,000 Date: 1983
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 197 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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:
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