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Record: MDI31E09SE00007

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Cameron - 1991, Ox Lake Mine - 1983
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources
Date Created 1991-Feb-12
Date Last Modified 2022-May-26
Created By
Revised By

Commodities

Primary Commodities: Mica

Secondary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)



Location

Township or Area: Murchison

Latitude: 45° 33' 20.16"    Longitude: -78° 2' 38.63"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 730708.44   Northing: 5048924.138    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario

NTS Grid: 31E09SE

Point Location Description: General

Location Method: Conversion from MDI

Access Description: 0.8 km SW of Whitelily Lake.



Exploration History

1931: 630 pounds of muscovite were removed. (OFR 5425, p222).




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
1MuscoviteEconomicOre
2BiotiteEconomicOre
3MicroclineEconomicOre
4QuartzEconomicOre

Mineral Record Details

Production Data
Year Tonnes Commodities Reference Comment
1991 0 MDI

References

Publication - Mineral Deposits in Renfrew County and Vicinity; Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 195

Publication Number: GSC Memoir 195 Page: 27  Date: 1936

Author: Freeman, B C

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/100827


MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region

Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 82, 222  Date: 1983

Author: Martin W.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

Location:


Mono - Pegmatite mineral resources of Ontario

Publication Number: IMR021 Page: 30  Date: 1997

Author: Hewitt D.F.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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