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| Record Name(s) | Cancrinite Hill - 1990 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Nov-16 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite
Township or Area: Dungannon
Latitude: 45° 3' 59.95" Longitude: -77° 48' 15.04"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 279244.415 Northing: 4994180.443 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Property symbol ' K ', 1.25 km NW of Bronson.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: From Bancroft take Hwy 28 E for 3.68 km and turn right on to a dirt road. Park and follow the trail down the hill, cross the walkway over the beaver dam and continue along the trail (blazed). In a clearing take the second trail to the right.
Mineral location of high repute - cancrinite. A pit is located on the NW face of Cancrinite Hill. The workings are about 50 ft wide and 20 ft deep and partially covered by talus.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - Patches of cancrinite and sodalite occur as replacement patches along fractures in a biotite-nepheline-plagioclase gneiss. There is some pegmatitic nepheline, sodalite and cancrinite. Magnetite, tourmaline, clevelandite, molybdenite and hydronephelite are accessories.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Cancrinite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Magnetite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Molybdenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Sodalite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 30 | Tourmaline | Economic | Ore |
Part - Geology of Dungannon and Mayo townships
Publication Number: ARV64-08 Page: part 8, p. 34 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 Page: 69 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F., Armstrong H.S., Tilley C.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Page: 211,242,265 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Classic mineral collecting localities in Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 37
Publication Number: GSC MR 37 Page: 57 Date: 1983
Author: Hogarth, D D; Moyd, L; Rose, E R; Steacy, H R
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119504
Publication - Catalogue of Canadian minerals; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 80-18
Publication Number: Paper 80-18 Page: 120 Date: 1980
Author: Traill, R J
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/119519
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