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MDI31F05SE00033
| Record Name(s) | Hoover Lake Cuts - 1900, Burgess Mines - 1900 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1990-Oct-26 |
| Date Last Modified | 2023-Aug-03 |
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Primary Commodities: Corundum
Township or Area: Carlow
Latitude: 45° 16' 37.42" Longitude: -77° 44' 44.75"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 284637.999 Northing: 5017397 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31F05SE
Point Location Description: 275 m northeast of northwest end of Hoover Lake
Location Method: Based on Assessment
Access Description: On the side of a hill, 80 ft N of the New Carlow Road.
Province: Grenville
Subprovince: Central Gneiss Belt
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Syenite | 1 | Gneissic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pegmatite | 2 | Syenitic | Host |
Jan 17, 2012 (A Wilson) - Exposed in the southwest wall of the cut is a 12 foot wide zone of grey corundum syenite, grey biotite corundum syenite gneiss, buff corundum syenite, pink corundum syenite and pegmatite.
| 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) - The bronze-coloured corundum ranges from 1/8 to 2 inches in diameter. The grade of the corundum was visually estimated to be 10-20%. The corundum zone is exposed over a length of 40 feet.
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
Part - Geology of Monteagle and Carlow townships
Publication Number: ARV63-06 Page: 34 Date: 1998
Author: Hewitt D.F.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
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 Date: 1983
Author: Martin W.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Part - Mineral occurrences in the north Hastings area
Publication Number: ARV52-03 Page: 19 Date: 1998
Author: Thomson J.E.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Location:
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:
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:
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