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| Record Name(s) | J. Bell - 1948, MacDonald Mine - 1948, Cecebe Lake Mine - 1970 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1991-Jan-10 |
| Date Last Modified | 2024-Aug-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Feldspar (Nonmetals)
Secondary Commodities: Rare Earth Elements
Township or Area: Chapman
Latitude: 45° 38' 34.12" Longitude: -79° 33' 28.08"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 612389.003 Northing: 5055373.998 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 31E12NE
Point Location Description: pit
Location Method: AMIS Site Visit
Access Description: From highway 520, take East Chapman Road ~7.5km southeast of Magnetewan 0.6km west to the top of hill. Take south road toward Cecebe Lake for 75m to the bend in the road at the cliff face.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Contains |
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bastnaesite | Economic | Ore |
Jun 12, 2023 (Therese Pettigrew) - In 1948, J. Bell 'mined and shipped 50 tons of feldspar from a small pit...on the north shore of Cecebe Lake" (ODM Annual Report Volume 58, Part 2 p. 1). The pit is about 10 m by 3 m with a 7-m high face (NMI Card Number 70505).
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
| Rank | Characteristic |
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| 1 | Intrusive |
| Year | Tonnes | Commodities | Reference | Comment |
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| 1948 | 45 | AR58 pt 2, p. 1 |
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: 77-78 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/102463
Part - Mines of Ontario in 1948
Publication Number: ARV58-02 Page: 1 Date: 1997
Author: Williams I.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 59 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Portions of the districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, Province of Ontario
Publication Number: ARM51A Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1998
Author: Satterly J.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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