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Record: MDI31D16NW00236

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Gill Quarry - 1938, Gooderham Nepheline Quarry - 1938
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1981-Nov-26
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-27
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite

Secondary Commodities: Zircon



Location

Township or Area: Glamorgan

Latitude: 44° 54' 18.1"    Longitude: -78° 20' 4.08"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 710432   Northing: 4975857    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31D16NW

Point Location Description: 'Ne' quarry symbol in S½ of lot 34, con 4.

Location Method: Data Compilation

Access Description: The quarries are about 600 yds (500 m) apart on the slope ofa ridge north of Laronde Creek. From the junction road at the cemetary, 1.7 km east of the Hwys 507 and 503 junction in Gooderham : proceed along the road leading south from the highway at the cemetary. Continue straight through the junction at 0.3 km to the V. Schmohl property (gated) at 2.2 km. The upper quarry is located on the south slope of a hill near the farmhouse, the lower quarry is 500 m south of it.



Exploration History

Mineral location : nepheline, sodalite, cancrinite, natrolite, analcime, apatite, zircon, etc.... collecting is said to be 'quite poor' (1981). late 1930-1938’s : Gooderham Nepheline. - 2 small quarries, 6 carloads were reportedly shipped from here (some is said to have been included with Fraser Quarry shipments in 1937-8). The upper quarry, 35 ft. in diameter with an 8 ft. face, was sunk in a stripped area 100 x 50 ft. It is said to lie on the lot 34/35 boundary. The deposit was opened by two quarries, about 500 m apart. About 6 cars of nepheline were removed from the deposit by Gooderham-Nepheline in about 1938. 1952:Canada Iron Limited - mag survey 2008: W.B. Harvey Crushcor Ltd. - DD-6-78.3 m.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
2.46610 20000005764 20000005764
63.291 31D16NE0044 31D16NE0044

Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Metasedimentary Belt

Terrane: Bancroft

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Syenite 1 Biotite Host
Syenite 2 Nepheline Contains
Limestone 3 Crystalline Host

Lithology Comments

Jan 25, 2017 (A Wilson) - Nepheline pegmatite, in a north-south lens or dyke, 2-300 ft. wide and about 2,500 ft. long - in a metasomatic envelope of nepheline-biotite gneiss, nephelinized marble, hornblende-biotite syenite gneiss and scapolite-hornblende syenite. Farther away are biotite paragneisses and marbles. The South (Lower) quarry is in a very coarse nepheline-albite pegmatite with accessory apatite, zircon, sodalite, cancrinite and nepheline alteration products. The North (Upper) quarry is also a nepheline-albite pegmatite with biotite but the biotite is riddled with brownish ankerite or siderite. In some specimens reaction has produced cancrinite. Large crystals of perthite are also present.




Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1NephelineEconomicOre
2SodaliteEconomicOre
3CancriniteEconomicOre
4ApatiteEconomicOre
5ZirconEconomicOre
6AlbiteEconomicOre
7BiotiteEconomicOre

Mineralization Comments

Jan 25, 2017 (A Wilson) - Small amounts of blue sodalite and yellow cancrinite occur in grey nepheline. The cancrinite fluoresces white in "long" ultraviolet light. Colourless to pink and orange-red natrolite is associated with sodalite and white massive analcime is associated with cancrinite. Light green granular apatite and pink to brown zircon also occur in the pegmatite which consists of nepheline, white to yellowish plagoiclase, light pink calcite and biotite. Graphite, magnetite and pyrite occur as minor accessories. Goethite and talc form sparse coatings on the rock. Some peristerite was noted in the deposit



Mineral Record Details

Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Stratabound
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1938 200 about 6 cars of nepheline were removed from the deposit

References

Part - Mineral occurrences in the Haliburton area

Publication Number: ARV52-02 Page: 72-74  Date: 1998

Author: Satterly J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario

Publication Number: ARV69-08 Page: 41-42  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 72-73  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Geology of Glamorgan and Monmouth townships, Haliburton County

Publication Number: OFR5021 Page: 46-47  Date: 1997

Author: Armstrong H.S., Gittins J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 234, 242  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Book - Rocks and minerals for the collector: Bancroft - Parry Sound area and southern Ontario; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 39

Publication Number: Misc Rep 39 Page: 91  Date: 1986

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/121046


Book - Field Excursion A53-C-53, p. 34

Publication Number: Date: 1972

Author: GAC-MAC

Publisher Name: GAC-MAC

Location: Southeastern Ontario


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