Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Genesee Creek - 1986 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Apr-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | Q Unknown |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Granite
Township or Area: Himsworth
Latitude: 46° 3' 25.19" Longitude: -79° 17' 27.38"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 632200 Northing: 5101800 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31L03SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The site is located alongside a maintained concession road, 5 km southeast of Powassan.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Granitoid-Unsubdivided | 1 | Host |
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May 20, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is part of the Powassan Batholithic Complex. It varies in texture from porphyrytic to protoclastic. Some parts of the outcrop are weakly to moderately foliated with smaller orthoclase phenocrysts.
Mono - Reconnaissance survey of building stones of eastern and central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5585 Scale: Date: 1986
Author: Verschuren C.P., Papertzian V.C., Kingston P.W., Villard D.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Mono - Building stone, feldspar and limestone resources in central Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5760 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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