Ontario Mineral Inventory

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Ontario Geological Survey
Permanent Link to this Record: MDI31D16NW00144

Record: MDI31D16NW00144

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s)	South Hotspur - 1978
Related Record Type	Simple
Record Status	Discretionary Occurrence
Date Created	1993-Apr-26
Date Last Modified	2022-Jan-05
Created By	Q Unknown
Revised By	A Wilson

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite

Location

Township or Area: Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth, Monmouth

Latitude: 44° 56' 23.22" Longitude: -78° 16' 29.32"

UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 715011.67 Northing: 4979874.48 UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: 0.7 km southwest of Hotspur.

Exploration History

1978: St. Joseph Explorations Limited – soil geochemistry

Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number	Online Assessment File Identifier	Online Assessment File Directory
2.2604	31D16NW0011	31D16NW0011

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Elzevir

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic

Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type	Rank	Composition	Texture	Relationship
Marble	1	Calcitic		Host
Gneiss-Unsubdivided	2			Host

Mineralization

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

Mineral Record Details

References

MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Map - Monmouth Township, Haliburton County

Publication Number: M2174 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1970

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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