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Record: MDI31C08SE00018

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Little Island Quartz - 1961, Ormiston Island - 1982
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1993-Mar-23
Date Last Modified 2022-Mar-04
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Quartz, Mineral Specimen



Location

Township or Area: Leeds

Latitude: 44° 19' 14.68"    Longitude: -76° 10' 5.9"

UTM Zone: 18    Easting: 406838   Northing: 4908162    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31C08SE

Point Location Description: quarry/pit

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: At Little Island.



Exploration History

Circa 1920: quarrying of quartz crystals. Additional quarrying 1950-53


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Gneiss-Unsubdivided 1 Granitic Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1951 1 ARV61-2, p. 93 A total of 859 pounds of quartz crystals were removed of which 322 pounds were of commercial value.
1950 1 ARV60-2, p. 91 A total of 1000 (0.45 t) pounds of quartz crystals were removed.

References

Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 27-1962 Scale: 1:63,360    Date: 1962

Author: Geological Survey of Canada

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108828


Map - Geological series, Paleozoic geology of the Bath-Yorkshire Island area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2497 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1982

Author: Carson D.M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Map - Geology, Gananoque, Ontario

Publication Number: Map 18-1970 Scale: 1:50,000    Date: 1970

Author: Liberty, B A

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/108909


Publication - Occurrences of quartz crystals, Leeds county, southeastern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 44-8

Publication Number: Paper 44-8 Scale:     Date: 1944

Author: Harrison, M; Fortier, Y O

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101263


Map - Gananoque area, Ontario

Publication Number: M2054 Scale: 1:126,720    Date: 1998

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Map - Compilation series, geology and mineral deposits, Kingston area, southern Ontario

Publication Number: P2611 Scale: 1:125,000    Date: 1985

Author: Kingston P.W., Papertzian V.C., Williams D.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950

Publication Number: ARV60-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1951

Publication Number: ARV61-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1952

Publication Number: ARV62-02 Scale:     Date: 1997

Author: Field D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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