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| Record Name(s) | Berger Farm - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Jul-23 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-12 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Gemstones), Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Wilberforce
Latitude: 45° 35' 35.85" Longitude: -77° 8' 55.93"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 332394 Northing: 5051107 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F11SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 7.5 km ENE of Golden Lake.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actinolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Chlorite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Goethite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Jarosite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Pyrite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Mica | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 8 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 9 | Tourmaline | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Apple-green amazonite, white plagioclase, pink microcline and colourless to smoky quartz are the principal constituents of the pegmatite. Also white peristerite, pink perthite and pink and light green graphic granite. Minor minerals are biotite, black tourmaline, actinolite, dark green massive chlorite, pyrite (coated with jarosite) and goethite (GSC Paper 70-50, p47).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8
Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 93 Date: 1964
Author: Sabina, A P
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119882
Publication - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Hull-Maniwaki, Quebec; Ottawa-Peterborough, Ontario;Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 69-50
Publication Number: Paper 69-50 Page: 47-48 Date: 1970
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/103344
Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum
Publication Number: MP070 Page: 239 Date: 1977
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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 Page: 47-48 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
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:
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