Ontario Geological Survey
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Record Name(s) | Highway 69 Graphite - 1982 |
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Related Record Type | Simple |
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Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
Date Created | 1991-Feb-14 |
Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Graphite
Township or Area: Shawanaga
Latitude: 45° 33' 18.03" Longitude: -80° 17' 45.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 554958.999 Northing: 5044849.004 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H09SW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Terrane: Algonquin
Domain: Shawanaga
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Pelitic | Contains |
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Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - Graphite is hosted within rusty weathering; weakly graphitic pelitic gneiss is exposed in rock cuts along highway 69 as narrow layers in paragneiss.
Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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1 | Graphite | Economic | Ore |
Jan 04, 2012 (A Wilson) - The occurrence contains between 1 and 3% graphite.
Rank | Characteristic |
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1 | Disseminated |
Publication - Graphite occurrences in the Algonquin region, Grenville province, Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 870
Publication Number: GSC OF 870 Page: 4 Date: 1982
Author: Davidson, A.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129745
Map - Precambrian Geology, Naiscoot Area
Publication Number: P3549 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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