Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Simpson Lake Garnet - 2003, Loughrin Twp E - 1991 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-13 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-02 |
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Primary Commodities: Garnet (Nonmetals), Kyanite (Nonmetals)
Township or Area: Loughrin
Latitude: 46° 36' 53.79" Longitude: -80° 33' 22.64"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 533975.003 Northing: 5162470.999 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41I10SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Paragneiss | 1 | Paragneiss | Host |
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Feb 24, 2009 (A Wilson) - This occurrence of garnets is found in a package of metasedimentary gneisses similar to those that host the Ecosource garnet occurrences in Street Township. This occurrence hosts golf- to tennis-ball-size garnets. The garnets are inclusion rich and consist of aggregates of small garnet grains. Kyanite is locally abundant, up to 30% of the rock.
Map - Geological series, River valley area, districts of Nipissing and Sudbury
Publication Number: P0844 Scale: 1:63,360 Date: 1973
Author: Lumbers S.B.
Publisher Name: Ontario Division of Mines
Location:
Mono - Geology and Mineral Potential of the Paleoproterozoic River Valley Intrusion and Related Rocks, Grenville Province
Publication Number: OFR6123 Scale: Date: 2003
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Henry and Loughrin Townships
Publication Number: P3535 Scale: 1:20,000 Date: 2004
Author: Easton R.M., ter Meer M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Industrial minerals of the Sudbury area
Publication Number: OFR5329 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Vos M.A., Smith B.A., Stevenato R.J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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