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Record: MDI31L06SW00002

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Thibeault Hill Kyanite - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1980-Apr-17
Date Last Modified 2022-Jan-05
Created By Q Unknown
Revised By A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Kyanite (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Widdifield

Latitude: 46° 20' 20.47"    Longitude: -79° 28' 8.03"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 617830.003   Northing: 5132854.999    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L06SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Kyanite-Biotite-Plagioclase Host

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jul 06, 2011 (A Wilson) - The kyanite-bearing gneiss is only a few inches thick and is locally intercalated with biotite gneiss.



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound

References

MonoMap - Geology of the North Bay area, districts of Nipissing and Parry Sound

Publication Number: R094 Scale:     Date: 1971

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


Map - North Bay area, Nipissing and Parry Sound districts

Publication Number: M2216 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1971

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs


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