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MDI31E04NW00020
| Record Name(s) | McQuire Mine - 1932, Raney - 1967 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1992-Jan-27 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Niobium
Township or Area: Conger
Latitude: 45° 13' 50.47" Longitude: -79° 51' 30.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 589603 Northing: 5009211 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E04NW
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Data Compilation
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite | 2 | Granite | Contains |
Sep 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as pyrchlorite and columbite in granite pegmatite. The dike is east-northeasterly trending and appears to be vertical. It is exposed for about 30 m and is approximately 10 m wide.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calciosamarskite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Cyrtolite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Columbite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 4 | Pyrochlore | Economic | Gangue |
Sep 28, 2010 (A Wilson) - A total of 618 tons of feldspar was reportedly recovered from the pegmatite dike in 1925
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
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:
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
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:
Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario
Publication Number: IMR021 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Publication - Canadian deposits of uranium and thorium; Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series 16
Publication Number: GSC EconGeol 16 Scale: Date: 1952
Author: Lang, A.H.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102450
Mono - Mineral deposits studies in the Huntsville-Parry Sound-Powassan area, a progress report
Publication Number: OFR5647 Scale: Date: 1987
Author: Marmont C., Johnston M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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