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| Record Name(s) | Brignall Mine - 1971, McQuire - Robinson Property - 1924, Opeongo Mining Company - 1947 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1981-Jun-17 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-19 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Conger
Latitude: 45° 14' 39.15" Longitude: -79° 50' 58.7"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 590280 Northing: 5010722.99 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04NW
Point Location Description: quarry
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From highway 69 and Portage Lake Road turn west for 1km to fork in road and continue west on Burnt Lake/Roberts Lake road past second set of tracks. Follow tracks northwest for 450m. Follow trail to west for 900m to quarry.
1923-25: McQuire and Robinson - site in operation. 1946-47: Opeongo Mining Company: site in operation 1975-77: Nickel Rim Mines Ltd. - ground geophysics, airborne geophysics, mapping,
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1989 | 31E04NW0002 | 31E04NW0002 |
| 2.2279 | 31E04NW9446 | 31E04NW9446 |
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Granite | Contains | |
| Amphibolite | 3 | Near |
Sep 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The pegmatite is hosted within massive to weakly foliated granite. On the southern edge of the pit, a raft of amphibolite overlies the pegmatite. The pegmatite consists of pink potassium feldspar and white quartz but a series of muscovite-rich pods also were observed.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feldspar | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 3 | Muscovite | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The muscovite is locally radioactive. Allanite and columbite-tantalite were observed at the site in 1932. Euxenite and monazite was observed at the site in 1962. Allanite, calciosamarskite, uraninite, thucolite, cyrtolite were observed in the pegmatite.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 8553 | About 4240 tons of feldspar were produced between 1923 and 1925 and 5188 tons were produced between 1948-1949 |
Publication - Feldspar, Canada Mines Branch Publication 731
Publication Number: CMB Pub 731 Page: 55 Date: 1932
Author: Spence, H. S.
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/307887
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1924
Publication Number: ARV34-01.003 Date: 1997
Author: Sutherland T.F., McMillan J.G., Bartlett J., Cole G.E., Webster A.R.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1947
Publication Number: ARV57-02 Page: 2 Date: 1997
Author: Mines Inspection Branch
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948
Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: 2 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Geology and mineral deposits of the Parry Sound-Huntsville area
Publication Number: R052 Page: 46 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 65 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 50 Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Mineral deposits studies in the Huntsville-Parry Sound-Powassan area, a progress report
Publication Number: OFR5647 Page: 90-96 Date: 1987
Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in Parry Sound District
Publication Number: ARV51-02 Page: 57 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Sans Souci Area
Publication Number: P3551 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:
Map - Parry Sound-Huntsville area, Ontario
Publication Number: M2118 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1967
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Geological series, structural geology, Moon River area, Muskoka and Parry Sound districts, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2954 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 1986
Author: Van Berkel J.T., Schwerdtner W.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Mono - Granitic pegmatites of the Bancroft area, southeastern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5717 Page: 150-151 Date: 1990
Author: Goad B.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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: 22-23 Date: 1960
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101254
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