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Lount copper-garnet occurrence, Lount Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Lount copper-garnet occurrence | Occurrence |
| Lount Township | Township |
| Parry Sound District | District |
| Ontario | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 46' 13'' North , 79° 38' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| South River | 1,193 (2008) | 21.2km |
| Powassan | 1,243 (2008) | 36.9km |
| Parry Sound | 6,469 (2018) | 56.1km |
| Huntsville | 19,579 (2009) | 58.7km |
The country rock is amphibolite and garnet amphibolite with minor impure crystalline limestone. The shaft is 6 by 9 feet and is reported to be 43 feet deep. The waste rock that surrounds the shaft includes amphibolite, some of which contains epidote or garnet and epidote, and impure crystalline limestone.
Also present is a massive red garnet rock carrying much chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. The association of rocks suggests that the red garnet rock is a skarn developed at the contact between the crystalline limestone and the amphibolite. The occurrence appears to be a relatively small pod or mass of the red garnet rock.
"On lot 124, concession B, Lount township, on the north side of the road to
Many Island lake, two-fifths of a mile west of the Nipissing road, a pit 30 by 10 feet exposes hornblende gneiss. No magnetite was found. On the north side of the same road, seven-tenths of a mile from the Nipissing road, a 5- by 5-foot shallow pit exposes rusty-weathering garnet-hornblende rock containing a little disseminated magnetite and pyrite."
Also present is a massive red garnet rock carrying much chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. The association of rocks suggests that the red garnet rock is a skarn developed at the contact between the crystalline limestone and the amphibolite. The occurrence appears to be a relatively small pod or mass of the red garnet rock.
"On lot 124, concession B, Lount township, on the north side of the road to
Many Island lake, two-fifths of a mile west of the Nipissing road, a pit 30 by 10 feet exposes hornblende gneiss. No magnetite was found. On the north side of the same road, seven-tenths of a mile from the Nipissing road, a 5- by 5-foot shallow pit exposes rusty-weathering garnet-hornblende rock containing a little disseminated magnetite and pyrite."
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 References: |
| ⓘ Graphite Formula: C References: |
| ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group' Formula: ◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Graphite | 1.CB.05a | C |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Hornblende Root Name Group' | - | ◻Ca2(C2+4C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Graphite | C |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Al | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Hornblende Root Name Group | ◻Ca2(C42+C3+)(AlSi7O22)W2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
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Lount copper-garnet occurrence, Lount Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada