Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth Townships, Haliburton County; Ontario Department of Mines, Geological Branch, Open File Report 5021, 210P
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[email protected] 5691 (inside Canada, United States) Crown Copyright Queen’s Printer Local: (416) 326-2678 Toll Free: 1-800-668-9938 [email protected] (inside Canada, United States) Ontario Ontario Department of Mines Geological Branch Open File Report 5021 Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth Townships, Haliburton County 1968 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES GEOLOGICAL BRANCH OPEN FILE REPORT N o . 5 0 2 1 GEOLOGY OF GLAMORGAN AND MONMOUTH TOWNSHIPS HALIBURTON COUNTY By H .S. Armstrong and J. Gi t t i n s SEPT. 5, 1068 1 9 6 8 GEOLOGICAL BRANCH O N T A R I O p a r l i a m e n t b u i l d in g s DEPARTMENT OF MINES TORONTO 2, ONTARIO Open-file Reports Open-file reports are made available to the public subject to certain conditions. Anyone using them shall be deemed to have agreed to these conditions which are as follows: This report is unedited. Discrepancies may occur for which the Department does not assume liability. 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Perm is sion for other reproduction must be obtained in writing from the Director, Geological Branch. J. E. Thomson, Director, Geological Branch. Key map showing location of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County. Scale 1 inch to 25 m iles. Prelim inary Geological Maps (back pocket) P.59 Glamorgan Township, H aliburton County. Scale 1 inch to 1/2 m ile. P.60 Monmouth Township, H aliburton County. Scale 1 inch to 1/2 m ile. Prelim inary maps may be purchased at the Publications O ffice, Ontario Department of Mines, Whitney Block, Parliam ent Buildings, Toronto. ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES G e o lo g y o f GLAMORGAN AND MONMOUTH TOWNSHIPS HALIBURTON COUNTY b y H.S. ARMSTRONG a n d J . G IT T IN S GEOLOGICAL REPORT TORONTO 1968 Vertical Air photo (A13126-58) of the Cheddar granite gneiss body showing parts of Monmouth, Cardiff and Anstruther Townships (courtesy of National Air Photo Library, Ottawa). Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. CONTENTS A b s t r a c t Introduction 1 Present Geological Survey 4 Acknowledgments 5 General Geology 7 Table of Formations 7 Metasedimentary Rocks 9 Paragneiss-amphibolite Group 9 Quartzite 10 Marble and calc-silicate rocks 13 Granitic Rocks 19 Glamorgan Granite 21 Grey granite gneiss 21 Pink granite gneiss 21 Pink granitic veins and dikes 22 M i g m a t i t e 22 Mafic and ultramafic rocks 25 The Gooderham Lobe, Glamorgan Gabbro 26 The Hadlington Gabbro 31 The Bark Lake Diorite 34 D i a b a s e 35 The effect of limestone assim ilation on the g a b b r o s 35 Contact metamorphism 37 Nepheline-bearing rocks 38 Descriptions of individual occurrences 38 P e t r o l o g y 6 8 Petrography of the igneous suite 76 Nepheline syenite 76 Theralite and Theralitic Canadite 78 Essexite 79 The "Pusey Iron Mine" 81 Igneous Petrology 83 Metasomatic nepheline rocks and nephelinization 84 Pusey Knoll, Lot 35, Con. III, Glamorgan Township 85 Lot 3, Con. III, Monmouth Township 85 Further examples 92 The Chemistry of nephelinization 93 Nepheline pegmatites 94 Metamorphism of the nepheline rocks 97 Assim ilation of nepheline rocks by granitic and syenitic intrusives 104 Metamorphism 105 Structural Geology 109 Economic Geology 110 Apatite 111 Feldspar 112 Graphite 114 I r o n 1 1 8 M ic a 1 1 9 Molybdenite 122 Nepheline 131 Radioactive Minerals 131 Building Stone 200 Water Supply 202 Sand and Gravel 203 Appendix I Age determinations on nepheline rocks 204 References 205 TABLES IA Chemical analyses of Hadley granite (standard granite sample HI) I Chemical analyses of gray granite gneiss II Chemical analyses of pink granite gneiss III Chemical analyses of pegmatitic granite and vein granite IV Chemical analyses of light-coloured migmatite bands IVA Chemical analyses of dark-coloured migmatite bands V Chemical analyses of gabbro and hornblende-plagioclase gneiss VI Chemical analyses of gabbros from the Gooderham Lobe with their norms. VII Recalculated norms of gabbros from the Gooderham Lobe VIII Chemical analyses of clinopyroxenes from gabbros and olivine gabbros of the Gooderham Lobe IX Chemical analyses of olivines from the olivine gabbros of the Gooderham Lobe X Chemical analyses of orthopyroxenes from coronas in the Hadlington gabbro XI Chemical analyses of olivines and clinopyroxenes from troctolites and peridotites in the Hadlington gabbro XII Chemical analyses of various rocks in the Hadlington gabbro XIII Chemical analyses of the Bark Lake diorite XIV Chemical analyses of metapyroxenites XV Chemical analyses of clinopyroxenes from metapyroxenites XVI Chemical analyses of nepheline syenites XVII Chemical analyses of feldspars XVIII Chemical analyses of nephelines XIX Chemical analyses of clinopyroxenes XX Chemical analyses of theralitic canadite XXI Chemical analyses of nephelines from theralitic canadite XXII Chemical analysis of lime-contaminated essexite XXIV Chemical analyses of magnetite-clinopyroxene rock (Pusey iron ore) and clinopyroxene from the same rock. XXV Chemical analysis of nepheline gneiss XXVI Partial analyses of garnets XXVII Chemical analyses of nephelinized skarns, garnet, hornblende and hornblende-garnet nepheline gneiss XXVIII Chemical analyses of nepheline-hornblende gneisses and h o r n b l e n d e XXIX Chemical analyses of scapolite gneiss and scapolite XXX Chemical analyses of essexite XXXI No table XXXII Chemical analysis of albitite XXXIII Chemical analyses of feldspars from nepheline pegm atites XXXIV Chemical analysis of biotite from nepheline pegmatite XXXV Chemical analysis of nepheline gneiss XXXVI Chemical analysis of nepheline gneiss XXXVII Chemical analyses of m inerals from nepheline gneiss XXXVIII Chemical analysis of pink syenite XXXIX Chemical analyses of scapolites XL K/Ar age determinations on nepheline rocks.