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MDI41H15NW00002
| Record Name(s) | Ambeau Mine - 1927, Pickerel River - 1952 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Developed Prospect Without Reported Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1991-Jun-05 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Jun-16 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements
Township or Area: Henvey
Latitude: 45° 47' 45.58" Longitude: -80° 32' 34.63"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 535520 Northing: 5071483 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H15NW
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From the intersection of hwy 526 and hwy 69 near Britt, proceed west on Hwy 526, starting from Hwy 69 overpass for 650m. Hazard is located 225m at 300� azimuth from Hwy 526.
1926-27: Wanup Feldspar Mines Ltd. - 1000 tons produced (reported)
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
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| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Granitic | Contains | |
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 3 | Tonalitic | Contains |
Apr 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - The main cut trends northeastwardlly and is about 200 feet long, 20 ft wide and 18-20 ft deep. It follows a pegmatite dike about 20-25 ft wide that cuts vertically through granite and hornblende gneiss. The gneiss is sharply drag-folded along the eastern side of the cut, but the gneisssosity generally strikes NE and dips 80-85° SE.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthoclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Thucholite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Uraninite | Economic | Ore |
Apr 21, 2009 (B Wilson) - The mineralization is described as sparse. The main dike contains many inclusions of gneiss and is composed mainly of impure feldspar and quartz, biotite, muscovite, garnet, magnetite, martite and a few dark crystals and clots of euxenite. The pit to the southwest exposes a pegmatite dike that strikes northerly and vertically through granitic gneiss. This dike is about 20 ft wide and has a quartz core and microcline walls with admixed biotite and muscovite, ilmenite, magnetite, martite and garnet. Blocks of pink feldspar as much as 1 foot in diameter may have formed 25% of the bulk of the dike. As some of the pink feldspar contains 50% quartz, not much of it would have been rated No. 1.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Rare earths of the Grenville Sub-province, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 59-10
Publication Number: Paper 59-10 Page: 18-19 Date: 1960
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101254
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 51 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 58 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Feldspar in the Parry Sound-Huntsville-Haliburton area
Publication Number: OFR5686 Page: 82-87 Date: 1988
Author: Marmont C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 55-56 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Map - Precambrian Geology, Key Harbour Area
Publication Number: P3548 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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