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MDI41H15SE00013
| Record Name(s) | Britt Station - 1959 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1982-Mar-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Mar-04 |
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Primary Commodities: Niobium, Rare Earth Elements
Secondary Commodities: Thorium
Township or Area: Henvey
Latitude: 45° 47' 17.63" Longitude: -80° 32' 22.73"
UTM Zone: 17 Easting: 535782 Northing: 5070622 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sudbury
NTS Grid: 41H15SE
Point Location Description: approximate
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Province: Grenville
Geological Age: Mesoproterozoic
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Pegmatite | 1 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gneiss-Unsubdivided | 2 | Hornblende | Contains | |
| Paragneiss | 3 | Paragneiss | Contains |
Apr 21, 2009 (A Wilson) - The occurrence is described as a pegmatite dike in folded quartzitic paragneiss and hornblende gneiss. A second dike, or an extension of the first is exposed in a small, narrow water-filled cut about 100 feet to the northeast.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orthoclase | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 2 | Quartz | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 5 | Allanite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 6 | Euxenite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 7 | Thorianite | Economic | Ore | ||||
| 3 | Biotite | Economic | Gangue | ||||
| 4 | Magnetite | Economic | Gangue |
| Rank | Classification |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pegmatite |
Publication - Rare earths of the Grenville Sub-province, Ontario and Quebec; Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 59-10
Publication Number: Paper 59-10 Scale: Date: 1960
Author: Rose, E.R.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/101254
MonoMap - Columbium (niobium) deposits of Ontario
Publication Number: MDC014 Scale: Date: 1971
Author: Ferguson S.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines and Northern Affairs
Location:
Mono - Uranium and thorium deposits of southern Ontario
Publication Number: OFR5311 Scale: Date: 1981
Author: Gordon J.B., Rybak U.C., Robertson J.A.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
Map - Precambrian Geology, Key Harbour Area
Publication Number: P3548 Scale: 1:50,000 Date: 2004
Author: Culshaw N.G., Corrigan D., Ketchum J.W.F., Wallace P., Wodicka N.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Location:
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