Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | McCormack North Showing - 1920, McCormack North - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Mar-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Mar-22 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Uranium, Thorium
Township or Area: Monteagle
Latitude: 45° 9' 14.52" Longitude: -77° 50' 31.99"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 276590.999 Northing: 5003991.997 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04NW
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Go east on Hybla Road to Kuno and access old railway grade. Go south on the old rail line, now the Hastings heritage trail, for 700m to access trail (faint path). Open cuts 60m to the west.
1926: P.J. Dwyer: pitting, stripping. 1993: Sharpmin Developments Incorporated - mapping, prospecting, sampling
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
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| 31F04NW0001 | 31F04NW0001 | 31F04NW0001 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
Feb 23, 2012 (A Wilson) - The granite pegmatite has a width of 12 feet, strikes N40E and dips 60NW. The dike is exposed for a length of 90 feet. The walls of the dike are well defined and sharp and the wall rock is amphibolite and hybrid granite gneiss.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Perthite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Ellsworthite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Titanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Allanite | Economic | Gangue |
Feb 23, 2012 (A Wilson) - Graphic granite occurs near the walls of the dike with coarser 1 to 2 foot crystals of potash feldspar and quartz in the centre of the dike. Some green amazonite has been observed at the site.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
File - Resident Geologist file W9390.00063
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Location: Tweed RGP office
Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 42 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 20 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 101 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area
Publication Number: GB03 Page: 66 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 45 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Part - Non-metallic mineral resources of Hastings County
Publication Number: ARV39-06.003 Page: 43 Date: 1998
Author: Osborne F.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Bancroft Area
Publication Number: P3385 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1998
Author: Lumbers S.B., Vertolli V.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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