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Record: MDI31F06SW00006

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) A. Michelis Property - 1953, J. Phanenhour Property - 1944
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created 1984-May-29
Date Last Modified 2023-Aug-03
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Corundum



Location

Township or Area: Radcliffe

Latitude: 45° 21' 33.2"    Longitude: -77° 28' 46.99"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 305785.998   Northing: 5025848.004    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31F06SW

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: Near Michaelis Lake.



Exploration History

Pre-1944: pitting, stripping


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Syenite Host
Pegmatite 2 Adjacent

Lithology Comments

Jun 30, 2011 (A Wilson) - The syenite gneiss trends east and dips 45°S at the north end; and strikes N60W and dips 70°N at the south end.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1CorundumEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jun 30, 2011 (D Laidlaw) - Corundum occurs as scattered grains in bands ranging from 1 to 3 feet in with at each end of the pit. The northwest wall of the pit exposed corundum across a width of 55 feet. Corundum comprises between 1 and 2% of the outcrop.



Mineral Record Details

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Renfrew area

Publication Number: ARV53-03 Page: 30-31  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Geology of the Brudenell-Raglan area

Publication Number: ARV62-05 Page: 54  Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F., Carlson H.D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 38  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 41  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


Map - Brudenell-Raglan area, County of Renfrew, Ontario

Publication Number: M1953-02 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Barry's Bay, Precambrian geology

Publication Number: M2461 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1983

Author: Lumbers S.B.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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