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MDI31F04SW00010
| Record Name(s) | Vardy Quarry - 1985 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Past Producing Mine Without Reserves or Resources |
| Date Created | 1985-Nov-25 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite
Township or Area: Dungannon
Latitude: 45° 4' 46.75" Longitude: -77° 48' 4.15"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 279532.429 Northing: 4995616.456 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Dot symbol ' NE ' E of Clark Lake, near Clark Creek.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: On the N side of the Clark (Clear) Lake road, about halfway between Hwy 500 / 28 and its junction with the Musclow road.
1937 : opened by the Goulding-Keene Company and operated (briefly) in conjunction with the quarry of that name on lot 12, con 11. The quarry is 80 ft x 40 ft with a face of 10-16 ft.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - The quarry is in a biotite-nepheline-plagioclase gneiss which is nepheline-rich to the E end and nepheline-poor to the W end . Biotite maintains about 10 % throughout. There is no pegmatite. This gneiss unit is the same one that hosts the Princess Sodalite Mine.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore |
Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F., James W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Part - Nepheline syenite deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: ARV69-08 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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Map - Geological series, industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, southern Ontario
Publication Number: P2209 Scale: 1:126,720 Date: 1980
Author: Vos M.A., Storey C.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Storey C.C., Vos M.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Second report on the gold fields of western Ontario
Publication Number: ARV05.002 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Coleman A.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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