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Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31G10SE00006

Record: MDI31G10SE00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Robert Ross - 1915
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Jan-31
Date Last Modified 2022-May-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Strontium



Location

Township or Area: East Hawkesbury

Latitude: 45° 34' 29"    Longitude: -74° 31' 30.08"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 537059.33   Northing: 5046907.603    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31G10SE

Point Location Description: Point 5.5 km N of Barb.

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Location unknown - 'Little Rideau river, Hawkesbury' - believed to be in lot 28, con 1 (also the location of the Ross Quarry).



Exploration History

Mineral sample of celestite donated to the GSC.


Geology

Province: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Basins



Geology Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Celestite.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
5CelestiteEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

References

Publication - Barium and strontium in Canada; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 570

Publication Number: CMB Pub 570 Page: 86  Date: 1922

Author: Spence, H S

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307770


Publication - Annual report on the mineral production of Canada during the calendar year 1914; Canada Mines Branch, Publication 384

Publication Number: CMB Pub 384 Page: 196  Date: 1915

Author: McLeish, J

Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307646


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