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Record: MDI31E09SE00005

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cameron and Aleck Mine - 1949, Aleck Mine - 1951, Cameron and Aleck Quarry - 1971
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Prospect
Date Created 1983-Oct-12
Date Last Modified 2024-Aug-20
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals), Mineral Specimen

Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements, Niobium



Location

Township or Area: Murchison

Latitude: 45° 32' 1.51"    Longitude: -78° 1' 51.46"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 731820.998   Northing: 5046534.996    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E09SE

Point Location Description: Precise

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: Proceed north from highway 60 on the Shall Lake forest access road for 6.7km. Turn left into drive way. Park at gate and walk 320m up trail to quarry.



Exploration History

1949-51, 1953: W.B. Cameron and L. Aleck: mine in production


Geology

Province: Grenville

Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt

Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Pegmatite 1 Contains

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
1AlbiteEconomicOre
2HornblendeEconomicOre
3OligoclaseEconomicOre
4MicroclineEconomicOre
5BiotiteEconomicOre
6QuartzEconomicOre
7AllaniteEconomicOre
8FergusoniteEconomicOre
9ZirconEconomicOre
10UraniniteEconomicOre
11TourmalineEconomicOre
12UranophaneEconomicOre
13AllaniteEconomicGangue

Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Pegmatite
Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1953 72 ARV63-02 80 tons
1951 745 ARV61-02 821 tons
1950 716 ARV60-02 789 tons
1949 921 ARV59-02 1015 tons

References

Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 21, 65  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario

Publication Number: MDC014 Page: 49  Date: 1971

Author: Ferguson S.A.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario in 1949

Publication Number: ARV59-02 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Williams I.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mines of Ontario in 1950

Publication Number: ARV60-02 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1951

Publication Number: ARV61-02 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Reade M.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Part - Mining operations in 1953

Publication Number: ARV63-02 Page: Date: 1997

Author: Field D.J.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Mono - Geology and scenery, Peterborough, Bancroft and Madoc area

Publication Number: GB03 Page: 87  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


Publication - Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay, Ontario; Hull to Waltham, Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper no. 70-50

Publication Number: Paper 70-50 Page: 55-56  Date: 1971

Author: Sabina, A.P.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 81  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


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