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Ontario Geological Survey
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Record: MDI31L07SW00021

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Papineau Amazonite - 1974
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1991-Apr-09
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-18
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Papineau

Latitude: 46° 18' 40.56"    Longitude: -78° 45' 14.7"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 672926.915   Northing: 5131083.843    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Sudbury

NTS Grid: 31L07SW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation



Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Orthogneiss 1 Felsic Orthogneiss Contains

Mineralization

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

Mineralization Comments

Jan 03, 2012 (A Wilson) - Feldspar of the variety amazonite has been identified at this site.



Mineral Record Details

References

Mono - A catalogue of the Ontario localities represented by the mineral collection of the Royal Ontario Museum

Publication Number: MP070 Scale:     Date: 1977

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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