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Record: MDI31F04NW00012

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Hickey - 1985
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1985-Nov-29
Date Last Modified 2022-Feb-25
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Monteagle

Latitude: 45° 10' 2.64"    Longitude: -77° 53' 11.23"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 273167.206   Northing: 5005600.536    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F04NW

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: The deposit is reached from Hwy 62 by following the road between Concessions VIII and IX east to the garbage dump and a trail north from the dump 200 m to the workings (MDC 22, p134).



Exploration History

1949: W. Jessup of Bancroft opened and operated the deposit producing 166 tons of feldspar (MDC 22, p134).




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AllaniteEconomicOre
2ChloriteEconomicOre
3HematiteEconomicOre
4MicroclineEconomicOre
5MicaEconomicOre
6PerthiteEconomicOre
7PyroxeneEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Dec 07, 2005 (D Laidlaw) - Variety: sunstone.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships

Publication Number: ARV63-06 Scale:     Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1980

Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2

Publication Number: MDC022 Scale:     Date: 1981

Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale:     Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario

Publication Number: OFR5717 Scale:     Date: 1990

Author: Goad B.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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