Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Logan Cuts - 1900, Burgess Mines - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Prospect |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Corundum, Mineral Specimen
Township or Area: Carlow
Latitude: 45° 16' 22.63" Longitude: -77° 41' .39"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 289511 Northing: 5016776.003 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F05SE
Point Location Description: Property marked ' COR ', 1 Km E of O'Grady Lake.
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: 3 pits on the west side of a hill.
1902-1917: sporadic production of corundum by Ontario Corundum Company, Ashland Emery and Corundum company and Armstrong Corundum Company. 1961: Cor-O-Tex Industrial Minerals Limited - property acquisition. Presence of corundum also noted on adjoining Lot 19, Con 13.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Gneissic | Contains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Nepheline-Corundum-Plagioclase | Host | |
| Pegmatite | 3 | Host |
Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Pink and buff syenite gneiss enclose a band of leucocratic nepheline-corundum-plagioclase gneiss 5-10 feet in width.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corundum | Economic | Ore |
Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Bronze corundum crystals up to 6 inches in size have been found here. Barrel shaped brown and green corundum crystals up to 5 inches long have been reported. The corundum crystals are usually oriented with long axes parallel to the foliation. The amount of corundum in the eastern cut is approximately 10%. The amount of corundum in the pegmatite in the southwest cut is estimated at 10-15%.
| Rank | Classification |
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| 1 | Pegmatite |
Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 33-34 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Barry's Bay Area
Publication Number: P3444 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2001
Author: Easton R.M.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
MonoMap - Industrial minerals of the Pembroke-Renfrew area, part 2
Publication Number: MDC022 Page: 27 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 Page: 34, 44 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Publication - Rock and mineral collecting in Canada, volume II: Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 8
Publication Number: GSC MR 8 Page: 86 Date: 1971
Author: Sabina, A.P.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/308101
Map - Monteagle and Carlow townships, County of Hastings, Ontario
Publication Number: M1954-03 Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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