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MDI31F04SW00185
| Record Name(s) | Littlefools Lake Nepheline Band - 1993 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1993-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-26 |
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Primary Commodities: Nepheline Syenite
Township or Area: Faraday
Latitude: 45° 1' 48.24" Longitude: -77° 59' 2.94"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 264926.428 Northing: 4990623.25 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31E01SE, 31F04SW
Point Location Description: Point 1.2 km NW of Litrtlefools Lake.
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: 2 nepheline syenite gneiss bands, each with a maximum width of 600 ft, extend NW from the N end of Littlefools Lake (lot 25, con A) for 21/2 ml. Nepheline syenite gneiss bands also occur S of the Silver Crater Basin property (lot 31, con 5)and in lots 31 and 32, con 16, S of the township boundary.
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
Dec 07, 2005 (C Papertzian) - A wide band of syenitic gneiss lies to the S of the Faraday Granite, between the granite and the marble to the S. Relict bands of nepheline syenite gneiss occur in this complex.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
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| 5 | Biotite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 10 | Muscovite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 15 | Nepheline | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 20 | Phlogopite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 25 | Scapolite | Economic | Ore |
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
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Algonquin region
Publication Number: OFR5425 Scale: Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Corundum and other minerals
Publication Number: ARV08-02.004 Scale: Date: 1998
Author: Miller W.G.
Publisher Name: Ontario Bureau of Mines
Location:
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